Chris's operation was totally corporate
That’s the crux of it, Ned, we don’t know what that means. The EMS/Offshore experience here sees this flight as safe and routine if managed according to the commercial standards we use to move 10,000 rig pigs per day and night. Selection, training, equipment, operational control. The part91 guys here feel it was a doomed flight because they’re scared of the dark, get the difference?
Even offshore in the North Sea we’ve had a 139 departing a deck away from the field into a black hole get the wobblies. No big deal, copilot covered it with smooth CRM, because he was monitoring and as he was trained to. A solid operational control system will have a backup for the inevitable contingencies. What system doesn’t know their aircraft is missing for 12 hours?
Chris had a 109 last year and was now getting a 119 and 130, meaning what, a distain for multi-engine? I’m just not seeing a good understanding of the risks and their management in this operation.