UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

[Des Parrot]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

Looks like the video has been taken down

[TWGL1]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

I just watched the video again ?

[bobh]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

I just watched it.
Chilling how he casually talks of "11 pilots who never made it". 12 now.

[chrisp_1927]

Re: David Henderson goes on trial over charges linked to plane crash which killed Emiliano Sala

a CPL allows the holder to fly for remuneration whereas if you have a PPL you cannot. The rules are quite clear but holding a CPL doesn't make you immediately a better pilot than a PPL. Quite a lot of CPL holders don't do much flying, certainly if they are instructors.

let me put it this way, if there was no money exchanged, then there would be no question of the rating held by Ibbotson (other than his lapsed night rating).

It may not make you immediately a better pilot, but the bar for a cpl is a lot higher than for a ppl. Both in terms of a harder test, a requirement to have a lot more hours as pilot in command, to have an instrument rating etc.
Couple that with the fact that the theory qualifications are also a lot more in depth. You need to do cpl theory at the least, although most will do the ATPL(airline theory) exams instead. Even if it hadn't improved his flying to a huge extent, maybe the extra qualifications would have helped him to come to better decisions about when to fly.

[Toadstool]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

Sentencing to n Friday - Max penalty is 5 years plus 2 for the lesser charge.

It they run concurrently and he doesn’t get the full whack he could be out in less than 3 years.

[Don Corleone]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

Agree, chilling video, seems a very cavalier attitude to what should be a very much safety first industry

[Rjk]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

Agree, chilling video, seems a very cavalier attitude to what should be a very much safety first industry

he was operating at an extreme end of that industry though. delivering tiny planes like that across the Atlantic

[Grangenders]

Re: UPDATED: David Henderson - Found guilty.

Saw this video of David Henderson with the actual plane that went down on that pilots forum, never seen this before https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-34492176

Wow. If I’d just signed a £50k a week contract, there would be no way I’d get in a plane like that.