rubbish
So now you are saying the CB was 300' and the vis was 5k... So they would have seent he hill from 5 k away then...? The weather has a lot to do with it - Obviously... and whilst Im at it...
"Call me old fashioned, but I don't vary my safety standards or weather limits dependent upon the POB"
Right !!!!!!
Thank you to purdey , at last a sensible reply.
Brian Dixon wrote - "The lighthouse keeper and all the other witnesses on the Mull were in the cloud. How could they estimate how far out it extended? Recall a time when you were in fog/cloud. Could you estimate how far it extended? I respectfully doubt it." Doers it matter.... ? Where was the Lighthouse keeper? In cloud....so therefore the weather was poor... and they were flying around in poor weather with passengers in the back (although duty of care to the passengers (apparently)doesnt matter ).