Back at the start of this thread, I pleaded that there should be no more regulation. Enforcement maybe, but regulation..... NO!
I struggle to beleive what I'm reading here.
Two under-'qualified' pilots put themselves in an entirely avoidable situation. Launching at night in IMC and making it up as they went along was always going to end one way. If not on the night of the accident, then surely some time later.
I apologise if this sounds callous, it's not meant to. However, let's not regulate to the lowest common denominator. Regulation alone doesn't work; there will always be Darwin Award candidates that think they can circumvent the system. It's down to training and testing being made more appropriate to the real world and the acceptance that helicopter flying is a risk strewn business that CAN be managed.
JJ