Originally Posted by
mryan75
I thought the same. $10 says these guys have no idea how safe or unsafe their operations are. They hire a reputable charter, and that's that. And 99% of the time there's nothing wrong with that. Interestingly, being a pilot has changed my risk assessment of basically everything I do. Not to assume that its pilot error, but if it is, he had the resources to reduce the risk level. Being out there on your own island in the middle of the sea is a blast... until something bad happens.
And yet the stats aren’t dominated by rich guys, they’re full of poor pilots leaving craters in the countryside. They too get away with it 99.9% of the time.