Well, if he wants to set up a charitable trust with an AOC I'm sure his chief pilot will get him suitably trained in the role if his ability and experience is to the insurers' taste. And they get suitable airframe/s. And. And. And. But it will be an expensive and unsatisfying experience I fear. How many times in the last 10 years has there been an application for this service? Gonna spend a long time in the crewroom, aren't they?
Bambi buckets have been around for yonks. Have they ever been used in anger in UK to any significant degree?
This thing is self-limiting. Done properly it might work - economics aside which alone will scupper it, do it on the buckshee and the system won't let it get past the publicity headlines.
Last edited by Agaricus bisporus; 27th Nov 2012 at 12:01.