Doesn't the fact that the doctor climbed in knowing about the pilots medical show us that the "risk" of the pilot keeling over was absolutely minimal ?
If I believed that I could SAFELY carry out a rescue in , and ONLY in , a real life and death situation ... Would I fly ? Absolutely yes . Would I fly if my licence or medical had just run out and make the flight illegal ...yes again . I really honestly don't believe that if any of you were having a cuppa at my house and we knew , with requests from the emergency services , that a life could be saved if we flew ....we would not sit on our hands . We would make a decision which we would have to live with .... Can we do this safely ? Are we sure ? I don't think we would spend time discussing if it broke a rule !!!!!!