I am one of the Organisers of the Moth Rally and part of the Executive that took the decision to cease, a decision which was taken well before the Dec 2015 date of the letter. The proposed CAA charges were just a rumour at that time, the consultation only coming out on Feb 1st this year, and was not even considered in the process. The air display of the Moth Rally is just a small part, we could have simply not had an air display and carried on and not been affected by the proposed new charges.

People need to take a reality check. Some of the events now being trumpeted as being cancelled ‘because of the new charges’ were in fact doubtful for other reasons long before the consultation came out. I was at the BADA Symposium this week and heard first hand the reasons for the proposed new charges. We might not like it but the reasons are there. The consultation ends on Feb 29th, people need to respond to the consultation with reasoned argument. Or you could sign a pointless online petition.