THE families of those who died at the Shoreham Airshow disaster will rightly expect long-ranging and sweeping changes to be made to try to ensure more people do not have to go through the unimaginable anguish they have suffered.

Many of those have spoken to The Argus and we have reported on the widespread sympathy towards them.

Nothing will bring back the 11 men who died on August 22, 2015. But change may bring some comfort to their families.

This is why today’s news is so shocking. To most of us it seems obvious that any safety recommendations being made by the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) should be taken up.

If there are recommendations that double up with other safety precautions then so what?

If some things are checked twice as a result, so be it.

We all remember the tragic events of that day. Any one of us could have been on that stretch of the A27.

When we drive across the traffic lights near the airport it is still a very sombre and quiet moment of reflection and long may this be the case.

For the Civil Aviation Authority to stand up to these recommendations comes across as insensitive.

It has a job to do and that must be respected. But this safety advice comes in the light of a tragic event which has clearly exposed deep inadequacies over the policing and regulation of airshows.

It is not stretching it too far to suggest the regulations should have been ripped up and started again as that moment when Andy Hill’s Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to Sussex’s main road should never have been even close to happening.