Crack down on trial lessons?
This week's Flight uses quotes from Bob Commander, head of GA at the Belgrano, to the effect that they are cracking down on the public transport of passengers by flying clubs under the guise of trial lessons. This appears to stem from a CAA press release on 6 July about the release of CAP 755 - the 'Recreational Activities Manual'. It seems this is a CAA effort to apply the long-disputed JAR-OPS 4 (ops regs for aerial work) long before it is agreed in Europe.
I have read through CAP 755 and there is not a single mention of trial lessons nor of public transport. I do think there are some issues about the carriage of pax on trial flights - or indeed taking people up for 'lessons' which are little more than sightseeing - but it seems to me CAP 755 and its attended spin are not the way to go about it.
Anyone have any idea what is going on at the CAA?
NS