I don't think it was his personal goal in life to impose this on the industry he was only repeating the CAA feeling that there were to many people ripping the absolute piss out of the current trial lesson setup. At the moment because nobody has fallen out of the sky and the papers haven't made a fuss about it nothing will be done. CAA will send rumours out every so often to stop the worst offenders.
And he isn't an ex-airline he is current and I believe a SPA IR examiner.
A question then how many of your trial flights actually go on to do the PPL?
I know most schools couldn't survive without this revenue and also the number of untaken trial flights was a bit of a shocker as well, money for nothing. Funded an engine in my last school.
Take some of the things though
Point 1. Its just not going to happen half the fun of the flight is taking the punter to see there house.
Point 2: Fair enough yes it is a good idea
Point 3: Nah planes arn't falling out of the sky.
Point 4: Fire and Smoke and first aid, Not a bad idea.
Point 5: Check ride with the CFI every 6 months bloody great idea keeps bad habits from forming.
Point 6: FTL scheme best one of the lot, stops owners forcing staff into 7 day weeks on duty all day 8 to 8 in summer and flying 100hrs plus a month.
Point 7: Your going to need some or the FTL scheme is worthless.
Do we really want ex airline non-instructor Captains imposing airline operational standards and interfering in a flying clubs daily work routine, undermining the training standards that have been so carefully developed over decades
No it will be the CAA who will impose on behalf of the european agency which will be acompletely different kettle of fish to deal with. The rules and regs in the UK compared to most of europe regarding flight training are pretty lax. And no doudt in the interest of standards everyone will be brought up to nearly the most resrictive ( apart from the french of course who will ignore it). They have started by screwing the gliding clubs in the UK the rest will follow. The CAA ain't the enemy anymore just the local bobby.
MJ