Jet Republic - Private or Public Transport?
Just getting back on track here - if they are getting an EU-OPS certificate, albeit in free and easy Portugal (who's oversight seems to have anomalies compared with other EU states), surely flights should be undertaken under public transport rules? In the UK, any form of aircraft management for hire and reward is deemed to be 'public transport' whether block hours 'lease' or 'charter' or fractional when a third party company is running the aircraft for the owner for payment of one kind or another. If anyone recieves payment of any kind for running the aircraft - its public transport, isn't it?
If public transport, then I stand by the fact that you can't fly the aircraft privately when you choose to (unless empty/positioning) and therefore being the Lear 60, with the worse landing performance of almost any business jet, it won't be able to go anywhere unless it's a typical commercial hub airport.
Can someone explain how the JB flights can possibly be 'private' and therfore for example need minimum fire & rescue cover, no security screening for the passengers and leave the field performance down to the captain's discretion rather than what the ops manual dictates?
Saves one heck of a lot of hassle!