nigelh
I haven't heard about any court case but I did hear the CAA recently investigated a flight because of a report - allegedly by someone at Air Harrods.
It turned out someone had leased the helicopter to take his friends away for a shooting weekend and employed the pilot separately. As I understand the regs, it was therefore a private flight.
The CAA investigated the complaint but nothing came of it. The CAA Enforcement people tried to question the guy who leased the helicopter about it. From what I've heard, he told them he was happy with the helicopter, chose the pilot because he'd flown with him previously and had confidence in him, and was far too busy to waste time speaking to them.
puntosaurus
If the aircraft is maintained to public transport standards and the pilot is a commercial pilot, what do you see as the problem(s)?
I'm not expressing an opinion, just interested in your thoughts.