Salute Gents,
I can't say I am sorry I missed THIS bit of business. What a lame thing to do. Make EVERYONE including HTC suffer for your embarassment getting caught at doing something you shouldn't have been doing in the first place? I consider it quite conceivable that many will cancel their accounts if no action is taken against Citabria if he actually did this. All I can say is this arena will degenerate into what has been going on in the TA lately. One or more people trying to ruin it for everyone else.
I hate to see a pilot as skilled as Citabria removed from the venue, but there is no alternative in my opinion. If HTC takes no action and everyone perceives that HTC will allow this behavior, it won't be the last we see of it. In addition, many will leave immediately and not wait for the "fun" to begin. I certainly hope he isn't still being considered as a trainer after this episode. Of course all of this assumes guilt, but the guys making the acusations are not prone to mendacity, and I know most of them, so am inclined to believe it out of hand.
Jeff Waite
aka GIJeff