Originally Posted by
runway30
So the person who asked him to undertake the flight paid for his fuel, landing fee and hotel and he was then going to pay them back?
(I am merely playing the lawyer of the deceased pilots family here!) All we
know is that the pilot used another perons's credit card to pay for all those things. Like I do when I use my employer's company credit card. Some of it (like breakfast or room service) I will have to pay back to him later on. And many flying school/club aircraft have fuel cards with which fuel is paid. But that doesn't mean that the club or school will not claim back those expenses later on.
Originally Posted by
runway30
Then there is the conversation where he says I’m really short of money ...
If ciminal charges/liabilty claims were brought against me every time I said these words... In court this is meaningless hearsay.
Originally Posted by
runway30
... but I’ll fund transporting the £2m. a year footballer because I really want some hours on the PA46.
Maybe he didn't know who he was going to carry and how much money the guy was about to earn? Anyway, irrelevant in court. And my personal experience is that people in general are more greedy the more money they have. And even a guy earning a billion a year might not say no! to being offered a free trip.
Originally Posted by
runway30
There are some scenarios that are so ridiculous that they can be eliminated.
Before court only evidence counts. Been there, done it... (flying related and not flying related). I also thought that my opponent's cause was so ridiculous that no judge could take it seriously. I learnt my lesson.