Originally Posted by
Pace
Chronus
This snippet if true may be the most revealing! Using a single pilot who is fighting over invoice detail and then landing into a cheap airport sounds like pressure to do things on the cheap.
We do not know his relationship with the PAX, whether he was poorly paid or owed money by them. whether their demands were excessive.
What conversations occurred enroute with the PAX and this ties in with the fact that a normal clear headed experienced pilot would not attempt such a stunt.
One with uncontrollable stress and anger may act out of character in an explosive careless attitude venting that anger on the aircraft and PAX
It sounds like a pilot who totally lost the plot and his senses for reasons as yet unknown
Pace
Then again, we've all argued with Italian 'handlers'!
I feel his pain.