I have not changed anything, and once again...
I have never said anyone has to file any paperwork, let alone to a 3rd party, before a flight.
The problem with going off on one JT is...
I'm also quite happy to play around with my machine albeit in certain circumstances. On a given day, with all the right criteria, I will for a minute or so, play in my helicopter. I will do what I can to ensure it's safe, it's legal but also fun. Maybe its safe, maybe it's not. Maybe it breaks the 500ft rule, the land clear rule, or some other rule. Maybe it doesn't.
However, I can do that because I'm pilot in command, because I've evaluated the environmental conditions and applied my 25 years of flying fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft and calculated in my own mind that I can. I'm probably also flying my own personal machine at the time.
Now, I know what you're going to say. It's going to be something along the lines of "on what authority?, or what gives you the right to?, or what makes you so experienced....." etc etc.
The answer is this. I have a brain and I'm capable of applying all the various elements and making a decision. It may be the right one, it may be the wrong one, but it's MY decision - and I will deal with any consequences be they god, bad or indifferent.
And so far, thank g-d. I seem to be doing O.K.
...you forget who else has gone before you
BBC News - Colin McRae blamed for fatal helicopter crash
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...HL%2002-09.pdf
Please, please don't interpret this as a cheap shot, but a possible life saver.