Bell Man
You have elevated me far beyond my lowly status.
My source of information was solely the newspapers, or at least what passes for newspapers here.
Seriously, what was reported makes you wonder about both the pilot concerned and the complainant. Not the least in that she chose to continue the journey with him after the first alleged incident.
I have no idea whether the jury believed his story- that due to his age he has to handle his "male organ of generation" more than normal when he wants to urinate-
or they didn't believe that the alleged actions took place in a public place. The later is a requirement for the offence to have taken place.
If the reported facts were correct, I was suprised the DPP proceeded. To me neither a private vehicle or an aircraft, are public places as I don't think a charter company is a common carrier in law. That is, the public cannot travel on their aircraft as of right. Some of you company owners should know that better than me and may care to comment.
Whatever, the whole thing was a bit shonky no matter what actually happened. Doesn't reflect well on anyone involved.
