So thats a no then.
The Bell 222 will be on-site and will be able to provide flights for anyone who wishes to fly in the aircraft used in the popular TV series “Airwolf”.
We will be charging £40 per seat for a 5 min flight in the the 222, once the fuel has been taken out the rest will go to the Kent Air Ambulance as a donation.
There is no public transport flights being carried out, the £40 for a flight is going towards covering the cost of fuel and anything left after will go to the Kent Air Ambulance.
If no public transport is taking place, are you viewing any flights as 'Charity Flights'?
In which case:
What constitutes a charity flight?
•The carriage of passengers on an aircraft for which any payments made are donated in their entirety to a registered charity.
•The carriage of passengers on a flight as a prize in a lottery, the total proceeds of which are donated to a registered charity.
•A sponsored flight for which the total proceeds are donated to a registered charity.
How are you deducting fuel costs from the charged fee if all proceeds should be passed to the charity?
Did the CAA approve that plan when you sought their approval for the charity flights????
Or are the flights going to be viewed as private?
Exception No 3 - Cost sharing (Article 267)
6.3.1 A flight will be a private flight for all purposes if the only payment is a contribution to the direct costs of the flight (not annual costs) otherwise payable by the pilot in command. This is provided –
(a) no more than four persons (including the pilot) are carried
(b) the pilot pays at least a proportionate share (e.g. if four persons are carried the pilot must pay at least 25% of the direct costs) and
(c) the flight has not been publicised in any way except within the premises of a flying club (in which case all the adult persons being carried in the aircraft must be members of that flying club).
In which case are you advertising private cost sharing trips?
I'm confused
Seems you are too
Presuming you are still the Ground Operations Manager it might be a good idea if you read this
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1428/Summa...009May2010.pdf