An employment tribunal which heard how pilots were allowed to fly unserviced aircraft out of a north training school on two occasions has unexpectedly finished a day early.
Highland Aviation Training Ltd boss William Roomes said that Emily Barclay should have spotted that both aircraft – flown by a student and a visiting instructor respectively – needed servicing.
But Miss Barclay told the tribunal in Inverness the responsibility of servicing planes should fall to the pilot and engineers – a point which tribunal judge James Hendry acknowledged.
She had been claiming unfair dismissal from the firm and was expected to give her evidence yesterday morning.
But a spokeswoman at the Aberdeen Tribunal Hearing Centre confirmed that the tribunal had finished, a day earlier than expected, although she was unable to provide details of how and why.
Highland Aviation Training Ltd was contacted yesterday but failed to respond.