"Let's not try and blame the system but for once let the pilot take responsibility for his actions."
Not blaming the system, guv.
More cases are won/lost on smaller technicalities than this.
Maybe his "narrow route brief" was too narrow
The key lesson, I would have thought, is that ALL pilots realise the importance of checking NOTAMs, not only for where they have planned to fly, but where they
might end up flying - and a "narrow route brief" might not be the best instrument to achieve this...
This thread originally started in "Rumours and News" and not "Private Flying"