Originally Posted by
runway30
EASA regs allow the use of a foreign registered aircraft but FAA regs specify equally. In any event, you are not allowed to use a complex aircraft.
Why would any EASA cost sharing regulation apply when an aircraft of US registry is operated by a pilot with an FAA license? The only requirement, of which I'm aware, is that the holder of an FAA PPL must have received training in a complex aircraft and have that endorsed in their log book - ref 61.31 (d). Is there any reason to assume that the accident pilot did not have a complex endorsement in his log book? I doubt someone just gave him the keys of the Malibu if he had never flown a complex aircraft before.