Originally Posted by
Luc Lion
I started following this thread because I couldn't understand why this plane was cruising at 5000 ft in Monday's meteorological conditions and, if a problem prevented the climb out, why the pilot didn't declare an emergency and land in Jersey.
These questions still remain open, even though there is now a hypothesis that the cruising altitude choice was deliberate and dictated by licencing issues.
If the deliberate choice is confirmed, to me this is akin to reckless flying.
A French newspaper, Ouest-France, claims to have had access to the flight plan and that is was a VFR flight plan.
https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/fo...on-vol-6198438
Hence the 5000 ft cruise altitude.
Appaling