Originally Posted by
Jonzarno
Whilst I agree with this analogy: that’s not the comparison I made.
I simply said that, given a non-CPL licensed pilot, in the same aircraft, in both cases the risks are the same.
In other words: the appendectomy done by the (failed) medical student carries the same level of risk whether they are being paid for it or not.
Yet again, I stress: this is not in support of grey charters!
It is unlikely that a professional pilot on a charter would use a single engined piston aircraft across water at night. Even if the pilot was qualified in all respects, would the AOC permit a flight across the English Channel?
That is what would separate a professional operation from a cowboy operation.
Had CO poisoning not occurred, and the AP remained serviceable, I would suggest that Sala would have arrived at Cardiff.