Nigel
Just out of interest I leased out one of my helicopters to go to a small island ( somewhere between wales and england). The customer hired his own pilot, so I am not providing a service ! However a certain heli company dobbed in to the caa. Who phoned me on holiday and threatened to have me arrested. They then told the pilot that he was the operator and although what he was doing was no strictly against the law ( there words) they were going to arrest him and have a bun fight ( there words ) to try to get the law changed by precedent in a court as they didnt like what was going on !
I would liked to have taken this futher but Mrs 500 told me to relax, tell them where to get off and to get back on my surf board. Thinking about it I would earn more money with a lot less hassle becoming a surfing instructor, now theres a thought.
Happy flying see you at Silverstone or maybe not as i cant be bothered to go to the pilots briefing let alone the drama of flying a leased helicopter (As355) and exercising the priviliges of my licence !