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Old 5th Jul 2010, 11:06
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northpoint
 
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Quote from WFS;

"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".

Whilst WFS later protests that he is well aware of the rules for both cost sharing and charity flights, manifestly he is not or he would be familiar with the following extract from the current AIC on Charity Flights

(a) The carriage of passengers, which includes children of all ages, on flights for which no payment is made to the operator or pilot of the aircraft but for which the passengers make a payment, all of which is contributed to a registered charity;

It's worth noting that the rules for Charity Flights were introduced by the CAA after lobbying by commercial helicopter charter companies to prevent prevent illegal public transport flights being operated under a charity subterfuge.

Whilst WFS, and others, have taken umbridge at SD's style, they should be grateful for the content. SD didn't write the rules, he was merely reminding WFS of their existence and the need to operate within their framework.
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