Originally Posted by
tescoapp
The 20mins aero trip to none PPL holders is a bit suspect anyway because the training, which all trial flights are ment to be, isn't towards any known exercise in the PPL. It could be argued then that the flight is then a pleasure flight which will then require an AOC and all the other trimmings of a commercial operation.
Is there a teaching element to Ex 3, the air experience flight? I thought this was mean to be "sit back, relax, and get used to being in a light aircraft" flight without the pressure of having to learn anything. Playing with the controls optional as thats covered in Ex 4 onwards.