Clive, you are right of course, but I beleive you miss the point Hawker is making. For sure the legislation is there, but if there are no Policeman to enforce it, or the Policeman that are there, simply turn a blind eye, then of course there are those that will exploit that fact.
Just because it happens on other registers, it doesn't make it OK to have a brand new one allowing the same. Surely aviation safety is evolutionary, and with each new register or operator, the bar should be raised.
I also think the idea of a seperate organisation to represent AOC operators is well over due, and this allow lobbying to the CAA / EASA on these issues.
