Originally Posted by
Homsap
Infact a number of years ago I can think a number of fliying clubs who were not only encouraging passengers on trial flying lessons or air experience flights, some were even offering sightseeing flights, as an air experience flights. I raised this issue with the CAA, as I considered these flights required an AOC, of course the CAA choose to sit on the fence.
The CAA are useless, I work for a company that does have an AOC for scenic flights but we competing against companies that do them as Introductory Air Experience flights. We pay thousands just in fees to the CAA to just have that piece of paper, costs us a lot to train our staff as well. Unfair competition if the others guys don't have to do any of it.
But then again someone at the CAA told me that they are also aware that companies are offering PPL/LAPL training without approval, but the CAA don't care and are not going to do anything to stop it..