Originally Posted by
2unlimited
No disrespect to the pilot D.I, but he was caught up in a very bad situation,
I keep reading that here, but in what situation was he "caught"? If he indeed held a private pilot licence for daylight VFR flying then any request to carry paying passengers at night in poor weather can only be answered with a single word: No. Anything else is not "being caught" but means actively being part of it.