Here's the Reg:
(7A) An aircraft that carries persons on a flight, otherwise than in
accordance with a fixed schedule between terminals, is
employed in a private operation if:
(a) public notice of the flight has not been given by any form
of public advertisement or announcement; and
(b) the number of persons on the flight, including the
operating crew, does not exceed 6; and
(c) no payment is made for the services of the operating crew;
and
(d) the persons on the flight, including the operating crew,
share equally in the costs of the flight; and
(e) no payment is required for a person on the flight other
than a payment under paragraph (d).
Unless I am reading this wrong:
- A PPL holder engaged in a private flight is not allowed to carry more than 6 people. Although the previous section ( paragraph d ) details:
(d) an aircraft that is flying or operating for the purpose of, or
in the course of:
(i) the personal transportation of the owner of the
aircraft;
(ii) aerial spotting where no remuneration is received by
the pilot or the owner of the aircraft or by any person
or organisation on whose behalf the spotting is
conducted;
(iii) agricultural operations on land owned and occupied
by the owner of the aircraft;
(iv) aerial photography where no remuneration is
received by the pilot or the owner of the aircraft or
by any person or organisation on whose behalf the
photography is conducted;
(v) the carriage of persons or the carriage of goods
without a charge for the carriage being made other
than the carriage, for the purposes of trade, of goods
being the property of the pilot, the owner or the hirer
of the aircraft;
(va) the carriage of persons in accordance with
subregulation (7A);
(vi) the carriage of goods otherwise than for the purposes
of trade;
(vii) conversion training for the purpose of endorsement
of an additional type or category of aircraft in a pilot
licence; or
(viii) any other activity of a kind substantially similar to
any of those specified in subparagraphs (i) to (vi)
(inclusive);
shall be taken to be employed in private operations.
Which does not mention a person limit.....
It's bloody confusing non the less..