Originally Posted by
runway30
Reasons for 'Getthereitis' not explored by the AAIB but why was a commercial organisation using a PPL to position a crew or have I got it wrong and it was just 3 mates who were going to split the costs between them?
In a previous post I had enquired whether the pilot was of the Norris family of Bournemouth Flying Club and Anglo American Airmotive Ltd. The latter was taken over by Meridian. It was I think confirmed that he was. This being the case I had thought that Dave held a professional licence at some time during his long career in aviation. There may well have been good reasons why he had swapped it for a PPL. All that matters is that he was a competent and highly experienced aviator. It was just not his day and he paid the ultimate price for his bad day. Only those who have had such a day and are still with us know what it means, to have a bad day.
By the way why should AAIB be concerned about cost sharing for a flight that did not take place.