Originally Posted by
Whopity
You didn't mention in the original post that it is a Permit Aircraft. This is covered by ORS4-1393
from the same ORS in the explanatory notes
Ab Initio training is not permitted under this permission. However, Flight instruction and examination utilising non-certificated aircraft, where the recipient does not hold a licence, is already permitted when the recipient is:
i) the registered owner or joint-owner, or
ii) a registered shareholder of the company of which owns the aircraft, or
iii) the spouse or child of a registered sole or joint owner.
(Under the ANO 2016, Permit aircraft can be used for training by those above, as this is considered to be a non-commercial operation. Commercial operations being defined in Article 7. When payments are made by the owner or part-owner of the aircraft (for example to an instructor) it is regarded that they remain non-commercial.)
so you CAN do ab initio if the aircraft is owned, and as said, as regarded as non commercial I don’t see that you need the maintenance regime fl1ngFrog stated but still not sure if it needs to be on a DTO?