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Old 3rd Apr 2017, 14:38
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Whirlybird

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does piloting a helicopter attract certain gung ho people?
Unfortunately, in some cases it does. I remember when I was instructing, a very low hours PPL decided to go flying in horrendous weather, because he didn't want to change his plans. Three instructors told him not to go!!! But it was his own helicopter and we couldn't actually stop him. He made it home safely that time, but one day he won't...or maybe already hasn't. That's the problem - if PPLs are hiring, someone can refuse to let them have the helicopter, but it it's their own machine, then they can do what they like. And they sometimes have completely unrealistic ideas of their own abilities, to the point of thinking they're immortal. Of course, not everyone is like this, but a proportion of them are. I have no idea if that's what happened this time, but it certainly looks like it.
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