He sounds like a very lucky man to me!
One thing that puzzles me - and I know nothing about Police ASU's or Helicopters - but surely, 5 hours line training in a 135 must be construed as gaining a pecuniary advantage?
The sad thing is that as Arkroyal so rightly said; that in the current society, someone is going to get the blame for this one and it sure as hell won't be the guy in the wrong!
