however given the extreme disregard for the law in this case it's a Shame someone had not stood up for the innocent.
Easy to say in hindsight though. Apparently he was not uncurrent and was seen flying (not nescessarily badly either) often.
How does one police something like this? He was clearly current, if not licensed - how are we to know if he is licensed or not?
How do I know his aeroplane can't run on MoGas (nb: many low compression lycomings can, just maybe not under the CAA rules - a paperwork exercise probably)?
How do I know that that aeroplane I see joe bloggs flying every week is not certified for aerobatics (my Rallye is, but most aren't).
How do we know that the pax were not egging him on to do something "outside of his envelope"?
Very tricky one.....I would not step into the aeroplane of someone I didn't know, and I'd probably not step into the aeroplane of someone I did know but was a "jack the lad" type.