Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
Jack Mckay was not acting for Cardiff City he was working in his capacity as, or on behalf of, an agent. The flight was arranged by the McKays who gave the job to Henderson who subbed it to Ibbotson. One of the odd things is that the original flight plan was filed at 9.0am meaning that if there are licensing irregularities about night flying Ibbotson would have been OK to fly assuming that the commercial aspects of licensing can be got around. These are issues that will be investigated by the AAIB whose interim report is due before next Friday.
I read somewhere that the mix up with the flight time was because pilots work on 24 hour clock which meant that when the flight was arranged for 9 O'clock the pilot assumed it was AM and the passenger meant PM. That would explain why the pilot left the hotel early they returned and booked back into the hotel.
Of course if he wasn't authourised to fly at night then he should have said so and not taken off.