Based on this, should IR's be mandatory for Commercial Pilots?
Two pilots for VFR?
We're talking simple VFR with 10 pax in an amphibious aircraft and loss of visual horizon causing the pilot to become disoriented.
Sounds like it could have been a close call and lucky that someone was there to help out!
Is this what happens in a pilot shortage and how many people flying these kinds of *complex* machines would have a CIR?
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...200703905.aspx