Cessna 303 Down in South Bend

Where is the twin reliability
and survivability that the two engines are supposed to give?


Gone with forgotten skills. Recurrent training, and currency requirements are
pretty lax.

I would think a charter company would have it's pilots up to snuff on currency,
and recurrent training, and up to the challenge of an engine out, even on
takeoff.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
Where is the twin reliability

and survivability that the two engines are supposed to give?


Gone with forgotten skills. Recurrent training, and currency
requirements are pretty lax.


I would think a charter company would have it's pilots up to snuff on
currency, and recurrent training, and up to the challenge of an engine
out, even on takeoff.
Here's the pilots information. Wife was quoted as he was flying these
folks as a favor. Not a legal charter.



Name : TREWET, JOHN MITCHELL
Airman's Address : 2508 CHESTNUT ST
ATLANTIC, IA, 50022-2523
FAA Region : Central
Date of Medical : Feb, 2005
Class of Medical : 2
Expiration of Class 2 : Feb, 2006
Airman Certificates : Private Pilot
Airplane Single and Multi Engine Land
Instrument Airplane

"Margy Natalie" wrote

Here's the pilots information. Wife was quoted as he was flying these folks
as a favor. Not a legal charter.

Oooh, that was not a part of the news story. (surprise, surprise)

Not to make light of the situation, but if the pilot wasn't dead, he would be in
big trouble with the FAA, I think.

I'll wait for more of the investigation to become public. I won't be surprised
to see that the weather was below what he might have been comfortable with, but
was under pressure to "get-there-itis."
--
Jim in NC