Can General Aviation restart now ?
In his television broadcast at 1900 BST Sunday 10 May 2020 Boris Johnson said "you should go to work if you cannot work from home". Does this instruction from the Prime Minister mean that working within general aviation should now recommence with immediate effect.
Can professional work teaching students for their PPL, CPL, and IRs recommence if mitigation measures are put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as far as is reasonably practical. Cleaning and decontamination of aeroplanes use of face masks and perhaps screens between the instructor and student such as seen in supermarkets and pharmacies ?
Does the instruction from the Prime Minister to return to work over turn the CAA's blanket ban on GA ?
People have been told that they should return to work were they cannot work from home but have been instructed to avoid public transport were possible. On the odd rare occasion were a light aeroplane might be feasibly be used to commute longer distances within the UK for work purposes this would seen to be in the spirit of the instruction namely both going to work which we are told we should do and also avoids public transport which we should try and do were possible.
Can a PPL pilot working towards a CPL recommence hour building i.e they are a professional student working towards a professional qualification remaining socially distant and avoiding public transport.
Is it now time to responsibly get GA going again ?