Would it be safer if Angel Flight pilots held instrument ratings?
In the USA over 80% of private pilots hold instrument ratings when practically none do here.
Why? In the USA it is affordable because it is not bound up in bureaucratic bullsh#t that doubles the cost of gaining one.
A classic illustration of how over regulation diminishes safety by suppressing participation.
Air travel is the safest mode of mass transportation; your odds of dying in a plane crash are about one in 11,000,000. That's an average of about 110 people per year, and those numbers include private planes and non-crash related accidents in addition to commercial travel. In fact, you're more likely to be struck by lightning, with a one in 13,000 chance for your lifetime. That's why the ATSB report is so flawed. They doctor their statistics to suit CAsA's agenda.
If CAsA had the courage of their convictions they would just ban community service flights.
Children dying of cancer or on the road to see their specialist would be on their heads, not that they would give a sh$t.