Sure Silsoe - and as I said in my reply I agree vis Mark Wier, but not entirely sure what the 500 pilot guy has actually done? I mean if he was a 10K hour ex-mil test pilot would we be on page 15 of "this rich guy is a C U next tuesday"?
There are a lot of silly accidents, actually I don't think the recent EC225 issues show a great deal of intelligence, nor do I find much intelligence in that NH90 crash or indeed the accident in Harrogate with a Gazelle - although whilst a PPL is dead one might also note that neither the instructor, examiner or in fact CAA cover themselves in glory.