Thanks MJ
introductory flights to be performed in accordance with the rules applicable to non-commercial operations
Maybe my English interpretation has gone to zero but the phrase above is a contradiction - how can you take payment from joe public for a "flight" and for it not be a commercial operation ?
However, recently I was bidding for an EU contract based in a country that starts with I and ends in Y (5 letters) and the individual who was administering (in the same way that Rob Roy used to assist the drovers to market) the contract was more than happy to have a private aircraft flown by a PPL serviced by the local Fiat garage ... and he made no secret of it.
... on the same vein - a new EU driver's license called a CPC is now required for commercial driving. As I discussed if with a friend we ended up laughing as we thought about how our EU neighbours will approach that legislation .... but, hey, you don't need anything special to fly the public !!
