Originally Posted by
Singlecoil
You seem to be looking at this from the angle of how cam you prove that you were operating legally. In some scenarios like this it might be more helpful to look at this from the angle of how someone else could prove you were not operating legally.
The "Test" for many things, especially aviation related, is "What are they going to say at the hearing?" If you have a good answer, you're generally "Good to go..."