Yes. All jets used to require 2 pilots. In the 70s they relaxed that if the plane met certain requirements for ease of use and had a maximum takeoff weight below 12,500 lbs. Lots of smaller turbo prop and jets CAN be certified and flown single pilot, even some that are above the 12,500lbs. Dales jet has a MTOW (max take off weight) well above 12,500 and must be flown by 2 pilots.
Preliminary reports indicate that the pilots were playing rock paper scissors at the time of the accident.
What does weight got to do with it. I doubt 2 pilots could lift more than 500lbs together so it's moot point
The largest I have seen flown in single pilot ops is the Premier Jet. There is a guy on youtube that shares almost every flight he makes in his Premier.
1. Insurance against pilot illness/death and the potential number of lives lost. Bigger planes have larger "soul" capacity. 2. weight = workload. The larger the aircraft the more systems is has and the greater the workload on the operators. This is why the 747 used to have three, two pilots and an engineer. Now it only requires two.
Damn. I just read your post closer. I do win the WOOSH award of the week. Sorry for being a joke killer man.
News reports are now saying the plane bounced at least twice very hard while landing before the right landing gear collapsed causing the plane to skid out of control. Pretty scary.
If they bounced twice they were already out of control. It's more likely that the gear collapsed after the plane went off the runway and impacted one of the embankments/ditches between the runway and the road.
Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full. The gear collapsed on a bounce causing the plane to skid off the runway.
Well it takes a pretty hard bounce to cause a gear to collapse. If they were crooked and side loaded the gear it would collapse a little easier but it would still take a pretty good load.
Usually too much speed and forcing the plane down or other pilot error. A small skip bounce isn't bad but if the hit hard enough to pogo stick...that's usually a mess up