Originally Posted by
Luc Lion
Apologies.
I wasn't aware there were so many low hours pilots advertising their services on Wingly in UK.
Where I am based, this activity is nonexistent.
I looked for flight offers from a small UK aerodrome I am familiar with and found 9 pilots advertising flights.
None with more than 350 flight hours, 2 with less than 100 hours, 1 with 14 hours on type.
Scary.
Anyhow, this is unrelated to the accident.
Hi Luc, the public, certainly in the UK, won't buy anything unless it's on "special" - i.e. unless there is a deal. Just like the aviation experience market Wingly is offering GIFT VOUCHERS. Person A buys for Person B (say at XMAS) who then contacts the pilot - in particular, the person who receives the Gift Voucher knows absolutely nothing about PPLs, cost sharing, weather etc etc - flying clubs etc are getting toasted. Many AOCs are disappearing (fact from CAA).
In our area it's the helicopters which are stealing all the business. R22/R44 PPLs are taking people to posh hotels for lunch etc. It's getting a bit mad. I understand that certain airfields in the UK have banned Wingly and by Wingly we mean "cost sharing" charters.
PS it has everything to do with this accident
Rgds