If , God forbid, someone were to have a heart attack and die in this kind of situation - whih is not impossible, would the responsibility and liability be thrown back on the Captain, or the Captains employers?
I will repeat my earlier (moderator deleted) comment. A Captain has a three legged stool of responsibilities given to him by virtue of having a professional licence.
Firstly has a duty of care to his passengers. This is enshrined in common law.
Secondly he has a responsibility to the CAA or whoever issued his licence.
Finally he has a responsibility to his employee.
It would seem to me that he has failed in his primary responsibility, and that is he failed in his duty of care.