GrahamB wrote:Article 6. 4a. (c) of EASA Air Ops derogates them from being commercial operations.
The rules wrt air experience flights are as follows:
Any flying club or ATO May offer air experience flights as a mechanism to persuade people to sign up to learn to fly.
Offering air experience flights must be a minor proportion of the business and must not be a major contribution to the turnover of the club.
To offer air experience flights outside of club environment, you would need to use Commercial Pilots and have an AOC.
The flight can be conducted by any PPL that the club deems to be competent. Needless to say the flight must be conducted under the direct supervision of the club/ATO. Most clubs tend to use Instructors or CRI’s, but I have heard of clubs allowing experienced / highly trusted PPL’s.
All revenue from such flights must be retained within the club.
Hope this helps?