a little nagging doubt . . . . . . . . .
This sounds like a fantastic scheme, and my first thought is how much I'd like to help. I'm a part-owner PPL, so aircraft availability is not a problem. Nor, frankly, is the cost (as you rightly said ! ). I have taken many folk, old and young, for "fun" flights over many years.
My nagging doubt is this . . . . . . what if everything is set up, then on the appointed day the weather is a bit iffy ? I'm one of those who only has a basic PPL, never bothered even with an IMC rating. If I can't see where I'm going, I'd rather stay on the ground.
I would just so HATE to dash the hopes and dreams of expectant veterans if the planned flight was not one I'd be comfortable with. And I'd hate even more the possibility that I might, myself, feel pressurised or duty bound to press on in such a circumstance . . . . . potentially with unmentionable consequences.
I hope I'm not totally alone in having this nagging doubt ?