Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
If eager vintage military plane "experience" passengers can demonstrate unusual passenger skills in terms of difficult egress, risk, and understanding the limitations of the design, fair enough, let them fly. But to market rides to the public without extra briefing does not comply with the exceptions of Mr./Mrs. Public for the latest standards of safety.
But this presupposes that Mr/Mrs Public are fully capable of comprehending the contents of such a briefing and acting thereupon. Taken to an absurd level, it could require parachute training. I imagine the probability is that such people will be "enthusiasts" and may take a particular interest in the briefing but beyond that, I suspect the pre-flight chat would achieve a level of attention similar to that accompanying the usual FA's routine on commercial flights and thus become another box-ticking exercise.
Perhaps insufficient bureaucracy would attend the old and simple blood chit arrangement to allow its adoption in these circumstances.