> in his mind the plane was due for scrapping, and his plan was to fly it until failure and then jump out That is plausible, but also illegal. It would be a v

> in his mind the plane was due for scrapping, and his plan was to fly it until failure and then jump out That is plausible, but also illegal. It would be a violation of multiple FARs to fly a plane that you knew to be non-airworthy with the intent of having it fail.