But he had been off on extended leave recently. So how current was he? How long since converting from the Chinook? At moments of extreem pressure does one revert to the more familiar?
I am sure that all these things will be being looked at closely by the AAIB So lets leave that bit to the experts.
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RAF Odiham station commander Group Captain Richard Maddison said: “Although David Traill left the RAF in 2008, many of us served alongside him, both at Odiham and overseas."
Tributes paid to former RAF Odiham pilot David Traill (From Basingstoke Gazette)
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Commander’s Flying Experience 5,592 hours (of which 646 were on type)
Last 90 days - 38 hours
Last 28 days - 19 hours
1. 646 hrs are the hours on type the pilot had accumulated since 2010.
2. Hours up to and including 26 November 2013."
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...4%20G-SPAO.pdf