While I do feel for the families left behind in these tragedies, as a pilot, am I the only one to find the last bit in that ABC article somewhat concerning?!
The pilot might also leave behind a wife and kids who also have a difficult future to consider...! I can only imagine how difficult and distressing it would be for the pilot's family to also have to deal with this kind of legal caveat scenario on top of their loss...
He offered this advice to the family left devastated by the latest Angel Flight crash.
"First thing to do, get in touch with a lawyer and caveat everything of the pilots, everything he owns, so it can't be sold," he said.
"If someone had said that to me I would have said, 'don't be stupid, why would I want to do that?'
"Do it. You can't not think of yourself, you have to think of you, your family, your kids and the future."