Originally Posted by
malabo
1) You'd think a billionaire could buy himself a higher quality operation.
2) Cujet , fill us in on how this was a professionally managed flight. If we can be forgiven for thinking it sounds Mickey Mouse, perhaps you can explain how things are done there.
1) I work for a billionaire and I fully agree. No need to get into details, but it will suffice to say that aircraft depreciation to the tune of 4 million per year is perfectly acceptable, yet additional staff is not. I provide the best advice I can within the realm of my expertise. Every so often, it's followed.
2) Points taken, little professional about the flight. I can only guess that Geoff felt significant pressure to complete the mission. The reason for the flight is rumored (at F45) to be that Cline's daughter had acute alcohol poisoning. I posted the very same points (emergency, night, international, vfr, over water, no flight plan, no communication) on another forum last night. I added that I believe such conditions leave little room to deal with any additional problems.
Mechanical failure or a technical issue is my guess at this point.