Originally Posted by LEVC
beware, in some countries (UK for instance) the authorities will not appreciate if schools do trial lesons with no brieffing, legally speaking it cannot be considered a trial leson if you don't brieff them properly.
What the briefing must
NOT be is simply a means of trying to make an illegal public transport flight sound like a legal training lesson.
Exercise 3 is the Air Experience Flight.
It is an exercise where the student is introduced to the sensations of being in the air and the local training area.
The student should have a feel of the controls briefly but it should not be used to teach any part of the sylabus.
The objective is to allow the student to relax in the new environment, get some orientation and generally be in a better position to receive instruction on the following lessons.
There is no briefing for exercise 3.
Exercises 1 and 2 introduce all the procedures, the checklist, the drills and the basic parts of the aircraft.
How long should the flight be? - As long as it takes to acheive the aim. No longer and no less.
That is it.
The effects of controls are covered on exercise 4.
If you are taking members of the public who have no intention of completing a PPL course on a flight over their house or a prominent tourist location (which is not in the local training area), no amount of briefings or letting them have a go at the controls will make it anything other than illegal public transport.
Regards,
DFC