The issue of Wingly was covered in an earlier thread under 'Instructors and Examiners'
As Whopity stated:
The following statement is from the
CAA's website and authored by Tony Rapson Head of GAD
Quote:
Opportunities for UK private pilots to clock-up more flying time have greatly increased with the emergence over the last few years of online services such as Wingly and Coavmi. For a fee, these companies offer to connect general aviation pilots with passengers who are willing to share the costs of a recreational flight - fuel, landing fees etc. Until recently, pilots could only share those costs with friends or fellow flying club members, who all had to chip in.
I have an email from Dianne Park at the Air Regulation Enforcement Dept in which she states that Wingly is perfectly legal.
Other countries like France have applied a bit more common sense than the UK CAA and specified pilot experience requirements for such flights.
Whopity goes on the state that the contribution from the pilot need only be one pence.
Like Fireflybob, I had originally thought that it was cost sharing equally divided (1/2. 1/3, 1/4) until corrected by Whopity, who seems to be credible source over the years on PPRUNE.