Originally Posted by
Lookleft
Conversely its also why pilots make bad lawyers.
Couldn't agree more.
So I ask the question of any real lawyers here, how far along a journey into the legal system does a pilot have to go before the defence provisions of s30 of the Act can be used?
I note that the first words of the s30 are:
In any proceedings...
Does s30 effectively work to keep things out of a courtroom or does a pilot who found themselves in a set of unfortunate circumstances have to wait until they step foot inside one to invoke a defence under s30?
I remain to be convinced that this is a better legislative structure than the explicit and specific exceptions written into the relevant regulation (eg CAR 235 Overweight landings, CAO 20.7.1B s11 for landing distance factors)