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Have you ever considered reading a post before quoting it and ranting about it?
I know that:
Only one of these three 'very experienced people' was a pilot
that's why I said:
this was a single pilot aircraft
Do you see the link?
Do they pass tech exams on the EC135?
No, that's why I said:
three very experienced people
rather than "three technically qualified people" or "three licensed people".
If you want to make a case for 'many eyes'
I don't need to make a case for 'many'; I didn't say 'many', I said three pairs. The OED defines 'many' as 'a large number'.
Don't you dare try to fudge the issue.
I'm not, I said that it didn't make sense to me, I don't have an issue to fudge.
They don't HAVE to be keen and/or knowledgeable on aviation.
Nor did I say that they had to be, I merely suggested that they might be keen on staying alive and knowledgeable about whether warnings and lights were a good thing.
Either accept you're happy with one pilot making all the aviation decisions and soaking up all the pressure, or provide a second
In all of the years that I spent doing the job (no longer doing it, AoF) I never disagreed with that; that's why I suggested that they might question decisions as part of a team, not make them as PIC.
I hope that's a bit clearer for you now, if you're going to pick fights, try to have a reason.