Roy Hudd The most dangerous thing Pablo did on that flight was to hazard his employment security and the financial security of his family sould he have one.
No one is doubting that on the flight in question, a footie player would be a miniscule risk on a private charter. However having bent the rules on that occasion,no doubt Pablo would do it on normal charters.
I would feel most uncomfortable if I were a passenger, especially in the company of my family, seeing a person in civilian clothes enter the flightdeck not knowing whether that individual was a friend of the Captain or someone more sinister.
Those pax on a charter flight look forward to a holiday and they do not want any reminders of 9/11.
The issue at stake here is nothing to do with the events on the football flight but a maverick ex A320 pilot who feels that on the back of his Tornado exploits he is somehow above the law of common sense and reasonable SOPs and CAA guidelines .