Oh, come on....enough of that "twin engine/twin pilot save lifes" crap...
His plan was pure and simple, and it should have worked out...should have, but as we know, it didnt.
If the report was true, he was just another inexperienced pilot trashing it...
The report claims he only had 1000 hours, which is nothing when it comes to mountain flying, especially at night....
So it appears it was another loss of life based on a pilot misjudging the situation, and being overconfidant on skills there were not up to the game.
I have done high altitude operations, landed 8 Pax at 16400 feet, did longline (single pilot) to the same location, and did NVG sling load into the mountains as well (multi pilot)-but then i was trained to do it.
Before my training, i thought i had done it all...so what new tricks could they teach me "old dog" in the mountain course?
I had it all already..VFR, IFR, instructor, examiner, single pilot, multi pilot, long line, onshore, offshore, NVG
Oh, how they showed me..
And i learned....
Thereafter i never approached something i havent done before in the same way...and that might have been one of the most valuable lessons i ever learnt..