Originally Posted by
Cloudee
Cost sharing in the UK is more lax than in the US and Australia. In the UK you can advertise for passengers and the pilot does not have to pay an equal share.
Dodgy or legit?
Under EASA rules, while the UK is still part of them anyway, it’s not permitted for a PPL holder to fly passengers and the pilot not pay equal share. I think if you actually look into the details of the link then it’s highly unlikely that the £67 the passenger paid covered anywhere near the full cost of the flight. Wet rental of Warrior is around £150 per hour so once you add landing fees it will be well in excess of £67 to operate.
There are websites that are used for advertising these kind of flights such as Wingly, but as long as the pilot is paying their fair share they are operating within EASA rules.