Originally Posted by
KRviator
IF they tried to obtain a validation, but couldn't or didn't, and flew the flight knowing they were technically unlicensed makes it worse than simply thinking, or assuming as the case may be, that the CAA blindly accepted their Australian qualifications. The report doesn't seem to go into either their attempts to obtain such a validation, or their reasoning for crewing the flight without it, either knowingly or not.
Maybe they will leave that part of the investigation to the police.