[QUOTE=HeliComparator;9646165]Regarding G-RFUN ... Wow, what a load of pomposity on this thread!
Don't try to apply professional standards to private flyers, it just makes you look stupid and arrogant.
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Hello HC,
as a PPL with 100hrs, I'm the last to pontificate over someone else's misfortune. It is a fact that in this accident, it was quite a lengthy string of back-to-back no-nos that led to the final impact.
I don't think it is unreasonable to question either the standard of training given, or the level to which that training was interpreted and applied.
I totally agree that a new PPL is a major risk category for the reasons you state, but I still think any new pilot has a responsibility to himself and others to minimise that risk to the greatest possible extent.
Whether or not you think I'm pompous or arrogant for saying this, I don't think the pilot in question did so when he combined so many unfavourable conditions into a single flight.