Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
Interesting theory, BP.
Any regulatory reference to support your opinion that a punter can walk off the street and be transformed into “operating crew” qualified to manipulate the controls of a training aircraft?
...how else do you think flight training is delivered? If what you're asking is, can your punter walk into a flight school and go for a lesson and use the controls? **** yes!
Can the same punter as a passenger on a charter flight sit in a control seat and operate the controls? **** no!
"qualified" and "authorised" are pretty distinct terms.