Network 10 in Brisbane spoke to his business partner who stated he had received his PPL "about 6 months ago". The pilots flying experiance will come out in the investigation so it's not for anyone here to speculate.(Good weather over winter means he could have logged 100 plus hours for all we know)
Is this part of the problem? Please correct me if I am wrong but I think this poster was suggesting that if the weather had been good over summer and he had logged "100 plus hours", then he would be more experienced than we are giving him credit for.
If I have interpreted that correctly then what passes for "experienced" in some peoples minds really is a concern.
The more I fly the more I think that creating a safe flight is mainly about being able to identify a) what is different from normal
and b) what is a threat that needs to be considered.
Maybe the mentors could just tell the low time pilot their opinion of the things they need to keep an eye on for that flight and the low time pilot can do what they wish with that information.???