Pilot accused of illegally chartering flights told wife 'it's only money, no one's been run over'

A north Queensland pilot accused of chartering flights for members of the Katter's Australia Party without a certificate to fly commercially told his wife "no one is going to jail ... we say 'alright we've been naughty boys'," a court has heard.

Josh Hoch is accused of setting up two companies that chartered flights across north-west Queensland, without the permits necessary to fly commercially.