Originally Posted by
Sam Rutherford
Typical junk journalism - the person not connected is the instructor - the student is correctly attached. A minor but significant difference from the title of the article and this thread.
No. In the hangliding video it is the passenger whom is not clipped in. In the U.K. the flight would be a 'trial lesson' with an instructor as pilot to, be able to operate as a commercial flight with insurance.
In the P/G video they are both only semi clipped in, once the carabiner breaks.