Are Queenstown's visiting private jets safe?

Their pilots are subject to different rules than Air NZ and Qantas.

Commercial, scheduled jet flights into Queenstown are very tightly managed with Air NZ and Qantas pilots subject to specific training and rating requirements as well as actual training flights.

We are all aware of how challenging (and impressive!) the airport approach can be can be not just because of the high mountains but sometimes conflicting wind co…