Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:24 pm
#1673192
There has been a lot of comment on this forum about the possible problems of low houred pilots offering shared flights to the general public as a result of a recent change to cost sharing rules!
Understandably, many say the PPL pilots offering these flights do not have enough experience to complete these cost sharing/subsidised flights in the safety that the general public would expect.
Comments have also been made that PPLs should only be flying family and friends and not strangers introduced to them via a flight cost sharing website.
My argument is that internet flight sharing platforms are one of the best innovations that has happened in GA and will encourage more flying, more GA interest, more prospective PPL's and cheaper hour building for those wanting an aviation career.
In relation to the low houred pilot being a greater risk I have reproduced part of an article from the Austrailian Government. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4171790/a ... _final.pdf
GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS
The propensity for pilots of different experience levels to be involved in accidents has been studied with a number of different pilot cohorts. In general aviation, a review of 72 accidents which occurred in degraded visibility found no effect of total flight hours, nor years of experience, although they did find that pilots in the younger age group were involved in a smaller proportion of these kinds of accidents (Groff & Price, 2006).
In a similar type of study, the effect of low experience on accident risk for New Zealand pilots in general aviation was reviewed with a particular focus on the concept that pilots with around 100-200 hours total time had a ‘special vulnerability’ compared to their colleagues with more than 200 hours total time (O’Hare & Chalmers, 1999). The same comparison was conducted for pilots with about 100-300 hours total time compared to the rest of the pilot population. Both studies found no evidence of increased accident involvement of low-hour pilots (O’Hare & Chalmers, 1999).
Another study of general aviation pilots examined the effect of age, experience and gender on accident causation and found that lower experience pilots were more likely to make errors that resulted in an accident than their more experienced peers (Bazargan & Guzhva, 2011). However, they found that while lower experience pilots were more likely to be in an accident, the more experienced pilots were more likely to be involved in a fatal accident. The sample used by the authors included pilots with less than 100 hours and less than 100-300 hours, meaning while it may cover some commercial pilots, the sample is not representative of air transport operations. The authors also defined air transport pilots with 300-2000 hours of total time as ‘...newly licensed airline transport pilots’; 2000-5000 hours of total time as ‘...moderately experienced airline transport pilots’; and 5000 hours or more total time as ‘the most experienced pilots’ (Bazargan & Guzhva, 2011).
Understandably, many say the PPL pilots offering these flights do not have enough experience to complete these cost sharing/subsidised flights in the safety that the general public would expect.
Comments have also been made that PPLs should only be flying family and friends and not strangers introduced to them via a flight cost sharing website.
My argument is that internet flight sharing platforms are one of the best innovations that has happened in GA and will encourage more flying, more GA interest, more prospective PPL's and cheaper hour building for those wanting an aviation career.
In relation to the low houred pilot being a greater risk I have reproduced part of an article from the Austrailian Government. https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/4171790/a ... _final.pdf
GENERAL AVIATION PILOTS
The propensity for pilots of different experience levels to be involved in accidents has been studied with a number of different pilot cohorts. In general aviation, a review of 72 accidents which occurred in degraded visibility found no effect of total flight hours, nor years of experience, although they did find that pilots in the younger age group were involved in a smaller proportion of these kinds of accidents (Groff & Price, 2006).
In a similar type of study, the effect of low experience on accident risk for New Zealand pilots in general aviation was reviewed with a particular focus on the concept that pilots with around 100-200 hours total time had a ‘special vulnerability’ compared to their colleagues with more than 200 hours total time (O’Hare & Chalmers, 1999). The same comparison was conducted for pilots with about 100-300 hours total time compared to the rest of the pilot population. Both studies found no evidence of increased accident involvement of low-hour pilots (O’Hare & Chalmers, 1999).
Another study of general aviation pilots examined the effect of age, experience and gender on accident causation and found that lower experience pilots were more likely to make errors that resulted in an accident than their more experienced peers (Bazargan & Guzhva, 2011). However, they found that while lower experience pilots were more likely to be in an accident, the more experienced pilots were more likely to be involved in a fatal accident. The sample used by the authors included pilots with less than 100 hours and less than 100-300 hours, meaning while it may cover some commercial pilots, the sample is not representative of air transport operations. The authors also defined air transport pilots with 300-2000 hours of total time as ‘...newly licensed airline transport pilots’; 2000-5000 hours of total time as ‘...moderately experienced airline transport pilots’; and 5000 hours or more total time as ‘the most experienced pilots’ (Bazargan & Guzhva, 2011).