Originally Posted by heli-cal
...contemptuous of... ...the repeatedly expressed concerns of his client...
Although, it's been pointed out in the Rotorheads thread
here, that it seems very likely that the pilot was headed back to Redhill when the client texted him at 7.55am to tell him that Battersea was open. One minute later, the pilot radioed to ask if that was the case, and on being told that it was, only THEN, it seems, decided to divert there instead.