ATC Watcher "The PLN is not the key to this accident . whether it is a hoax or not does not change the subsequent facts since they were apparently from the beginning intending to stretch the flight beyond legal reserves."
Does this not mean that the intention was to actually commit an illegal act.
But of course it would be expected for a C172 on a Atlantic ferry flight to "declare" a 10 hr endurance. What would anyone think if 2 hrs was declared on the FP of such a flight.