You are only required to have 2 hours IF time to sit your PPL exam.
My recollection is that the requirement for an Unrestricted PPL used to be 5 hours.
What bright spark decided it would be a good idea to reduce this?
While I am a little reluctant to
"point the bone" at this pilot for getting himself in this predicament, I would have thought that anyone with training to commercial standard would be able to maintain straight and level on instruments.
Getting himself into this situation shows seriously flawed decision making - getting himself out of it again shows equally flawed decision making.
I wonder if the pax realised how close they came to dying?
Dr 