Originally Posted by
Jonzarno
If the passenger had known of the state of the aircraft, the qualifications of the pilot and understood what a grey charter is: would he have gone within a country mile of this journey?
The same question might be asked of the football agents who organised the trip; they certainly know now.
There is no shade of white in these “grey charters”. They are unlawful.
In the short term, the CAA need better sources of information, a ‘CRIMESTOPPERS’ number ( an email address exists) and forensic accountants.
In the long term until the politicians “come on board” not a lot will change.
Beef up the legislation & penalties on illegal charters.
Some of the wording in Terrorism Acts might be a useful starting point where even possibly knowing and not reporting suspicions is an offence [‘light blue touch paper and retire’ moment on my part]