With a private owner things are relatively straightforward. To hire out your pilot and or aircraft you / he will be providing public transport and will therefore need an Air Operator's Certificate (or go on someone else's and will get involved in a flight time limitations scheme). This is a much more complicated issue.
Also, who is going to do the operational planning for the pilot if he flies every day? By operational planning I mean finding landing sites and making bookings etc. He needs backup.
Btw, why are you not getting these answers from the consultancy you are already paying for?
Last edited by ShyTorque; 12th Feb 2009 at 22:15.