Originally Posted by
lucille
I still can’t get my head around the idea that a guy with 40 plus years of experience doesn’t have the self confidence to just say “sorry, we can’t get through. We’re turning around and landing at ZZZ have a chicken parmi at the pub and try again tomorrow morning”.
Interesting as well that 80% of VFR into IMC accidents are pilots over 40 years old. This pilot fits into that grouping. I think that shows a confidence issue, or more so an overconfidence issue, probably along the lines of 'I'm sure I know what I'm doing'. Still it is concerning that older pilots seem to be more likely to do this. As somebody mentioned earlier we know he's a highly experienced helicopter pilot, but how much fixed wing time did he have.