Originally Posted by Sunfish
Source says that the pilot was an accident waiting to happen. There are no visual cues out there - black hole situation. This is lawsuit stuff.
havick:
I've flown for 2, 7 and 10 for many years, but not in Qld where I suspect you are exposed? My Qld exposure was traffic rather than media (plus I also flew SAR further north), but they do things 'differently' up there!
Gary didn't own the AS355, that is well known. The operation was aerial work within all terms and definitions, with a cameraman and a journo as crew members. To infer some charter operation where the cameraman and journo would have been paying passengers is, to me, bizarre.
It's many years since I flew ABC, but whether the operation was under Gary's AOC or another I'm not sure.
Maybe you should post your theories over in Rotorheads where there is likely to be a more experienced set of contributors, with media/helicopter background? I'll join you there, away from the likes of Sunfish
