Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:38 pm
#1886518
Edward Bellamy wrote:VFR public transport in an SEP is allowed, on an AOC obviously. Historically operators who conduct A-A flights with members of public have done so under the guise of trial lessons, so the market for SEPs on AOCs is limited, but they do exist. Various warbirds on SSAC as well.
I guess as far as risk disclosure to public is concerned (and GA reputation risk), I don’t see much difference between trial flight in club and flight booked on Wingly? none will achieves the safety standard of public transport I get on B737 or A320 ticket on AoC held by RyanAir or EasyJet both
It will be good if we have some data to support safety track records of “any flight involving money” say VFR AOC SEP operations, Wingly A-B flights, trial A-A flights in ATO/DTO and Microlights/Gliders and have those stats disclosed to public vs say CAT flying and leave the choice to the consumers? or maybe it’s hard to compare and infer conclusions due to limited number of hours in each
As far as safety of wingly flights are concerned, I am not aware of fatal or non-fatal accidents on these (or if anyone has an AAIB report for incident/accident?) but their numbers are not yet statistically significant, I did read on their website something like 2.5m€ money exchanging hands and between 8000h-20000h, not yet big enough to do stats but it’s near where GA flying starts to have accidents…obviously Wingly A to B flights on longue distance will tend to be way risky (weather, terrain, unfamiliar places, unknown pob), I guess it will not take very long to figure out how much risks are there?
For risks during trial flights in “club/school environment”, I have no idea on number of hours surely there is enough data there to get a conclusion but I did already read few reports involving public, some were fatal, these were in aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders and lot of microlights: jammed control, loss of control, weather, landing accidents…
I think some transparency on GA risk and likelihood of accidents for non-informed public who pay for the flight would be healthier between pilots, family & friends it’s about trust rather than money & numbers