Originally Posted by
Camargue
snd - I do agree with your post and can feel your frustation but the fact remains with the level of CO in Sala's bloodstream both were almost certainly unconcious when the plane hit the water. Had the pilot been a 20,000 hour ATPL the end result would be the same (but we wouldnt know the cause as the plane would have more likely turfed in from fl150 and no bodies would have been found.) This doesnt change the legality of the flight but the cause of the crash was not down to a lack of qualifications.
Had this been a private owner on a private flight I might be inclined to agree.
However this was a grey charter where the passenger had expressed misgivings about the state of the aircraft.
He was an innocent party in this chain of events.
The owner of a maintenance company has also remarked it needed a lot done to bring it up to a safe standard.
Very few of us ever poke our noses in to other peoples business and instead turn a blind eye to something that may well be illegal.
From what I understand the owner of the Malibu had assigned management and charter of the aircraft to DH.
He in turn booked Ibbotson to fly the fatal flight.
However the owner must take responsibility for the safety of those who flew in it.
There are both criminal and civil actions on the horizon.
One thing for sure is any insurance policy will be invalid.