Originally Posted by
double_barrel
'I would love to do that but it is not legal'.
As I've said exactly that many times about flights here that would require me to fly after ending of civil twilight, aka night time. "Sorry, can't take off no later than xxxx o' clock because it is illegal, I don't want to lose my licence and also I'm not landing at a sparsely lit helipad after sunset, it is very unsafe." That usualy shuts people up and I ALLWAYS personally tell them to be at the helicopter 15 to 20 minutes befero the actual latest time, to give myself a small buffer. Flying here at night, between the islands it's very dark. Sure, visibility and clouds are usually no factor but open sea, darkness, VFR helicopter? Nope
