Richard had plenty of common sense, and being a 1-man private outfit, he didn't have a FltOps centre.
Maybe if he didn't have other pax on board, he and his wife may have spent the night in the chopper, something they had done many times before - that machine was able to be kitted out as the best campervan you have ever seen. Sadly for all, he didn't.
(Dick, he was one of your mates and almost a neighbour - a big loss.)