Safety Digests have been telling us for yonks that experience is the key.
But CAsA doesnt believe that, just being a PPL, whatever yr experience, CAsA believes yr are bloody dangerous and do all the killing,
And now.! ..if you go Angel Flight this/ any PPL is 7 x more bloody dangerous..! Interesting "theory"
CAsA's reaction comes about because CAsA hate not being in Total Control and all times.
Once Pilot gets in the cockpit and starts up, a decision is made and there's absolutely nothing CAsA can do about it.
The pilot is exercising the PPL licence with incredibly stupid decision making
In both cases , both decisions to continue, were flawed and (tragically) fatal.
Its the decision making that is at fault. How to instil that into people.? Is there specific 'decision making' lectures for PPLs these days?
Maybe you just have to be a natural coward ( thinks, I could kill myself doing that !) and be 'risk averse' under certain circumstances...like entering IMC unqualified and pushing on in the coming dark, no NVFR.
Many years ago there was a run of CHT accidents in the Straits and Cape York, 7 of and 21 fatalities in less than a year.
Did CasA make any changes to the way CHT is conducted in remote areas...and vilify CPLs. No. That's just the way it is.
What was the title of the article regarding the fuel runout crash in Columbia, Bolivia?.. "Pilots, We can be heroes or murderers" Sums it up nicely