Airshows This Year
Discussion
Its been announced that Airbourne 2021 has been cancelled as has RIAT and no doubt other events will follow.
I wonder whether they are being cancelled too early. I fully appreciate that in normal times you have to organise these events a long way in advance but do you this year?
After all the display pilots arent going to be doing any shows, the marquee companies arent doing anything, the trade sellers arent. The only people involved in events who are doing something are the St Johns Ambulance and Red Cross because they are involved in the vaccination programme.
Guess I am missing something!
I wonder whether they are being cancelled too early. I fully appreciate that in normal times you have to organise these events a long way in advance but do you this year?
After all the display pilots arent going to be doing any shows, the marquee companies arent doing anything, the trade sellers arent. The only people involved in events who are doing something are the St Johns Ambulance and Red Cross because they are involved in the vaccination programme.
Guess I am missing something!
Chrisgr31 said:
Its been announced that Airbourne 2021 has been cancelled as has RIAT and no doubt other events will follow.
I wonder whether they are being cancelled too early. I fully appreciate that in normal times you have to organise these events a long way in advance but do you this year?
After all the display pilots arent going to be doing any shows, the marquee companies arent doing anything, the trade sellers arent. The only people involved in events who are doing something are the St Johns Ambulance and Red Cross because they are involved in the vaccination programme.
Guess I am missing something!
The "I" in IAT stands for "international" so that would be a major factor in considering whether it could go ahead.I wonder whether they are being cancelled too early. I fully appreciate that in normal times you have to organise these events a long way in advance but do you this year?
After all the display pilots arent going to be doing any shows, the marquee companies arent doing anything, the trade sellers arent. The only people involved in events who are doing something are the St Johns Ambulance and Red Cross because they are involved in the vaccination programme.
Guess I am missing something!
Having lived for 20 years on the edge of Fairford airbase, you realise that activity for RIAT starts way ahead of when you might expect - yes, activity increases in the month / week running up to the airshow, but in reality, work is beginning the day the previous show finishes, and commitments are starting c. 6 months ahead of the show meaning that decisions have to be made now... ultimately RIAT is run by a charity and while there are undoubtedly undercurrents of other influences etc. they need to consider the outcome for the charity and they can't afford the reputational or financial risk of having to cancel just before the show...
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