Originally Posted by
gulliBell
I can't see the insurer getting that argument to fly. Pilot's wreck aircraft for all sorts of reasons, running out of fuel, flying into mountains buried in cloud, etc etc, and the insurer's still pay out claims even for those accidents attributed to gross pilot negligence. For an insurer to try and wriggle out of a liability for the excuse offered here does seem a bit out of the ordinary.
OC Helicopters was not the aircraft operator...they were an "agent".