Two crew at night
Single pilot at night, what's wrong with that?
Do we not train pilots any more to be able to fly on their own at night? If not then we may as well write off the small commercial industry if we are going to have to pay for two pilots. Europe is managing to do that.
I don't think that at this stage we can bring the twin engined debate into the equation as we do not know whether having a second engine in this case would have prevented this terrible accident.
SM we must remember that different countries operate different rules. In Europe there are some very good rules and some absolutely daft ones. In the U.S. they are the same. The U.S. has managed to make the industry a damn site more popular than Europe for various reasons. Whilst Europe MAY provide rules for a safer environment they are very prohibitive in many areas. Who is right?
Rather than rant on about the twin debate or pushing the point that all flights at night should be two crew perhaps we should focus on good pilot training from the start. Only a suggestion.
RIP for the poor folks involved.