Keygrip is correct in the description of the exercise 3 - Air Experience Flight.
There is little doubt that a very large part of the trial lesson jolly rides are nothing more than Public Transport in disguise.
Look at the stats.
How many air experience flights are conducted at various places and how many actually return to complete "the rest of the course"?
Are training providers that bad or had the person taking the lesson no intention of returning from the start?
This new CAP should be mandatory if the current situation is to continue because a) Schools should not be competing with AOC operators - they should be separate areas of operation. Furthermore how can AOC operators be required to observe strict rules on rests and duty hours when the school down the road has instructors working 12 hour days 7 days per week?
The argument about it being a lesson falls down when one can purchase in advance a 10 minute, a 20 minute a 30 minute a 1 hour "trial lesson" or even in one place pay an extra £30 to include an away landing.
If it is part of a organised training sylabus then it will have an overall set period in the sylabus i.e. exercise 3 will be 30 minutes.
Yes the time spent on each exercise varies but it varies based on the student's progress not on the size of their wallet!
To follow the same line we would see the 35 hour PPL course or (if you can afford it) the 55 hour PPL course or why not sign up in advance for the 100hour super PPL course!
Regards,
DFC