I hold a commercial airplane rating ... The PPL is about 40 - 60 hours of experience at the time of rating, and CPL is 200+ hours. New PPL holders do not have

I hold a commercial airplane rating ... The PPL is about 40 - 60 hours of experience at the time of rating, and CPL is 200+ hours. New PPL holders do not have an IFR endorsement, while most CPLs do. So the qualifications are vastly different. In the industry, we say that a PPL is "a license to learn." I read both press releases and the missing info is which aircraft were being used with the unrated pilots. If it was a plane requiring a SIC, and the second pilot was a student, then that was the real reason for the revocation. Also, the catchall "recklessness" can be used at any time. Flying pax without a rated SIC would be an easy complaint to win.