eyeinthesky...
had there been two pilots on board, they would have been less likely to overlook a step-down MDA limit...
I agree with you entirely. I have said before on PPRUNE that I believe there is a clear case for two crew ops. Having flown hundreds of hours single crew I am well aware of what really goes on (!).
Two pilots help protect each other as well as the pax.
As for this particular case, well, at least it did not cost him his life
I still debate the issue of piston a/c and will not go into that here, but for what it's worth I now fly multi crew turbine and am not prepared to fly single pilot ops (or piston!) ever again.
Be safe dudes
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