Hi all.
I've done some freelance flying for that man a couple of years ago. Always a fight. If you can't fly over gross, you're out. The old charter motto.....
Unfortunately he killed 2 pilots and lots of other pax.
The Chieftan out of Rand was JD Heyns. 2nd failure in an overgross plane.
First time was luckily in a C404. Didn't maintain - water in fuel, but with heaps of luck got the donkey back just before impact and landed safely.
The C406 at Smuts was Eduard Davey. Brilliant pilot, but the old thing, fly overgross or piss off. Engines was way over timex - something like 1000 hrs.
Can't complain though. We all did it to get hours.
Some people just keep on getting away with killing people while better ones like Nelair gets stopped.
Well done CAA
Wonder about that ICAO inspection then............