Question.
The ANO states.... the flight has not been publicised in any way except within the premises of a flying club (in which case all the adult persons being carried in the aircraft must be members of that flying club).
It doesn't say the `physical` premises though? So, if you set up a flying club online with a specific membership joining process, even with membership fees if that would make it more formal, then what is stopping you publicising within that `online club`?
In a previous thread, someone raised the issue that the CAA are just worried about people flying as passengers who do not realise the risks but if you had an online club where each member was a PPL (perhaps they had to enter their license number), then surely they would have a tough job in court arguing that they were not aware of the training requirements of a PPL, if it came to that.
I understand the ethos behind the CAA rules of keeping people safe and no one can criticise that, but what is stopping an online club being set up which publicises flight shares amongst registered pilots in an organised fashion rather than in the under the radar way, which I suspect many people are doing right now.
It does seem that at this time of lost airfields and GA in serious decline, that we need to use technology to revitalise our hobby.