Originally Posted by
mikehallam
That is all true, but regardless of his misdemeanour any legal pilot could/would have succumbed to CO incapacitation.
What I don't perceive in all the concentration commenting and dealing with one man's crime is anything directed at maintenance. Either via the written procedures which may not call for CO leak inspection, or perhaps the organisation responsible for maintenance which at best failed to see incipient exhaust leaks.
No leaks and we'd not have heard of the ancillary crime !
Even the best of maintenance cannot catch leaks before they occur. The noise heard on the previous leg could have been the cracking of the exhaust, though that is unlikely. Only good continuous maintenance plus adequate monitors are a safeguard. One of the concerns in this aircraft's operation was that as an N registered aircraft it was not subject to the same rules & oversight as UK registered machines, Good maintenance to US standards would of course be fine, but was it done? Operations that are shoestrings or working illegally may not be as rigorous. as they should. This gentleman was only one part of a very dubious chain. Will the others be dealt with?