Sid, You seem intent on taking this discussion well away from the original point.
However, to answer some of the questions you directed at me:
So how well vetted are a local flying clubs staff or the staff at the location you operate your ac?
Fairly well vetted, I'd say. As I said before, I don't operate from a flying club (and I don't actually see the relevance of that compared to a discussion about hotel landing sites). The staff at our base location are CRB checked in order to get an ID card. We have similar security in place to the location that you operate from (I've visited your building on a number of occasions and also been inside your unit accommodation in the past, so I do know).
Our operation is a very close knit one with a very small number of staff. Having worked from this location for well over a decade, I'm well aware of who is "local" and who is a visitor. Until last week even my actual
employer was not aware of the
exact location of the other main landing site I use. That site has its own company security staff and access to the main site is controlled by them, company ID cards are in place there too. The HLS has ten foot high security fencing with a lockable gate, the whole site also has CCTV. I'm personally known to the staff.
The aircraft is kept in a secure hangar at base. So, I think our operation has pretty good security, in all. Far better than any hotel system or flying club, for sure and at
least on a par with your "local" security, probably better.
For example, our helicopter has
never been destroyed in an arson attack.... How's your new(ish) one settling in, Sid?
BTW, they didn't ask for a GAR last time I visited your base, or even ask if I'd flown in from across an international border
).
As far as knowing the
requirements for submission of a GAR... after nearly twenty years of military flying (including time based both in NI and in Europe), followed by another similar period of civilian ops, over ten years of that based in UK in the VIP/Corporate industry (and some of it in the same role as yourself), I have become quite well accustomed to the rules (not personal opinion, note - but the
legal requirement). From your earlier comments it appeared that you
didn't actually know the rules but I'm sure you've since been able to look them up to continue with this debate). I also know that in your type of employment (having been in your type of work myself, albeit some years ago), you wouldn't often see a GAR because you don't usually, if ever, cross international borders or transit the Irish Sea because you mainly operate over one central area.
Might have to change for you soon under NPAS, though, eh?