TOTD, I actually have no concerns about the police, immigration, CAA or any other authorised person coming over to my aircraft on landing to check my ID, licence, aircraft documents or whatever. I always carry my passport, even though there is no legal requirement for me to do so. However, no, there is no legal requirement for my passengers to carry any form of identity documents on mainland flights.
However, my concern is that there are some who have been erroneously been leaned on / given to understand the idea that
all mainland helicopter flights now need advance police "approval", initiated by submission of a GAR form to hotel staff, and that it may or may not be given.
Please see my earlier posts. The debate/ verbal sparring I've taken part in here was with that in mind.
As far as I can summise, this will remain to be be the case even for the period of the Olympic games, unless the aircraft needs to enter the promulgated restricted or prohibited airspace. Unless the law is changed, it would be a brave police officer who detained an aircraft or arrested a passenger for not carrying ID when there is no legal requirement.
A leaky dam is certainly better than no dam, but you're wasting your time and money unless it's built across a river.
Now, my printer cartridge needs changing, it's overheated. All this damned paperwork...
