Thanks for the replies. To clarify, which is difficult I appreciate without naming names, the organisation concerned is well regarded, has been taking kids up for years and does hold an AOC. I'm more concerned about the level of qualification required of the pilot to fly kids around as the "private" and cost sharing bits ring alarm bells (possibly unnecessarily) after poor Mr Sala. Even though I remember being scared s...less at the tender age of 14 in a Chipmunk AEF!