I fly for a living, and I haven’t bent any aircraft that I have flown, or run into anything for that matter.
The buck stops with the PIC if something goes wrong, they are the last line in defence protecting the aircraft and its passengers from others mistakes. My previous posts did not say the PIC was at fault, I was highlighting that the responsibility for avoiding collisions rests with the PIC.
What I did take issue with is with this line out of the original article "Mr Packer claims Snowy River Shire Council is responsible for the AUD$400,000 (HK$2.39 million) bill to fix his Falcon 200". In my view, that responsibility does not rest with the Snowy River Shire Council.
If I happened to hit a roo in my car or aircraft, I would lodge a claim with my insurance company, I would not sue the Snowy River Shire Council for something which was clearly an accident.