The more that these sort of things happen , the more we allow ourselves to be over regulated the more it plays into the hands of thr "grey" area charters / lease flights and also sadly the out and out illegal charters. They have business for only one good reason ....charter is now so over regulated and therefor over priced they have no alternative but to find a cheaper option . That is market forces and they will always win . Remember nobody would prefer to fly with some little tin pot illegal operator if they had the choice !!!! I have always said i believe that aoc charter on helis will slowly die over the next 10 years and it will be 90% lease/or just illegal . As it is i would say the figure is around 50%.
Good news that people are back in the air . Dont worry DB i am sure you will be fine
