I asked the CAA lawyers for advice on the rules regarding public transport and private and lease flying and expected them to sit on the fence for ever...i was somewhat astounded to have the answers by email within a few days. My feeling is that even the caa now realize that the red tape involved with operating an aoc has gone beyond the ridiculous and i expect big changes in the future , hopefully getting rid of 90% of the paperwork which does nothing to improve safety, but effectively just inflates the costs even higher.
