Originally Posted by
Sikpilot
Back in the day, our insurance carrier always had a say in how we flew our 76. ALL pilots MUST be instrument rated AND current. They also MANDATED that no single pilot ops allowed. We were NYC based and our client list was a who's who of millionaire/billionaire's. Didn't matter if you had 10,000 hours S76 time, you were NEVER gonna fly a high profile celebrity by yourself. I think if there was a second pilot on this flight, this accident would not have happened.
I don't agree with the notion that multi-pilot operations are inherently safer than single pilot operations. What is dangerous, is flying VFR in conditions that aren't VMC. Additionally, all accidents require consideration of the context in which the accidents occur. SASless is entirely correct when pointing out that pilots operate within a system, and that systemic factors are often equally or even more significant than the active failure that leads to the actual crash.