JimBall you are spot on. Most of the helis at silverstone, cheltenham etc are NOT aoc There is no point in trying to p*ss into the wind . The caa are out to kill you guys off so why pay them
It is impossible for a small operator to keep his costs down with all the irrelevant paperwork needed these days. The shame is that if they came up with a half decent and fair method i would probably join in
Until then the lease boys will grow stronger and i believe the aoc,s , other than the big ones doing corporate work, will just die slowly. At the end of the day a lot of the private flights are done in the same machines and the same pilots as public Transport so i really dont see it as a safety issue and after all it has been going on big time for donkeys years without any complaints.
See you at silverstone