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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The difference in the weather on that day and other days was materially, not marginally, different.  Talk to some pilots from the area before you pontificate.  Further evidence is that the pilot filed a flight plan, it was rejected, and then he went back to appeal with modifications.  That is not a normal sequence of events for them …  The point is that there was pressure on the pilot to take them up.  I am sure the pilot's ego was involved but it was also the desire to please Kobe.  They should not have been flying.  Then once they were in the air they were given options to land but chose to muster on.  A really bad set of choices and, in this case, the customer was wrong![/quote]

I know the conditions in the area quite well, thank you.

You’re right that this was pushing the limits.  It’s just that marine layers in LA area happen a lot and this kind of flight plan happens a LOT more than one might think.  Most pilots survive.  This one did not.

We’ll see what NTSB says in about a year or so.  My prediction is on record: cause was IIMC, and pressure to get there from the customer, implicit or not.  I’ll also predict not too much changes from the FAA.  They could try to enforce much stricter rules on who gets to fly if IMC threatens, but there’s no good way to do that without incurring heavy costs and forcing down a LOT of flights.  About the only thing they could do is make all helo pilots in the area practice IIMC in the sim much much harder.  Again that would be a big change in pilot training requirements and very expensive.

Let’s see what NTSB and FAA say in the future.  For now barring those reports I’ll step away.  Sad situation for everyone.

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I personally felt that morning was very different than typical marine layer or morning fog. It was soooo hard to see. I remember driving in the early morning hours and having hardly any visibility on the freeway. That is NOT common.  Just my personal opinion. [/quote]

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