Originally Posted by
Clearedtoreenter
No they do not. Passenger carrying VFR flights are allowed by day ONLY. In some cases a pilot might decide to return home by NVFR after delivering passengers. In which case it’s not a community service flight. It’s a non issue but it’s not a bad thing that CASA have now put it in writing for all CSF’s..
How about when the flight is all done on the same flightplan ( drop off passengers then return home NVFR ) and the landing fee/s exemption etc is claimed as is fair enough. Would that entire flight be deemed a CSF ?
If you make it too hard pilots will simply walk away. They are volunteers after all. Angel flight tells it's clients requesting a flight that it is a private flight usually in single engine aircraft. See their website. So if clients want to take advantage of the service fair enough they know the risks.
That said, the risks are overstated in my opinion. Little different to catching a lift with an unknown driver on country roads at speed for long periods at a time.
We need to get away from this notion that flying is unsafe. Essentially it is safe! As with surface transport the bigger the vehicle the safer it is, ie trains safer than cars so too 4 engine jets safer than twin piston aircraft etc. But that doesn't make cars or single engine aircraft unsafe just not as safe. As stated above poor decision making is the issue here,not the aircraft. As also stated above CASA has the solution looking for a problem!