New cost-sharing restrictions on the way 

Will the CAA listen to our suggestions if they ignored our feelings on shared expenses? 🤔

Jon, Ive followed you for a few years and as a fellow ex TV person, it’s great to see how modern and polished your production standards have become!

You can thank wingly for this. Once wingly flights started the complaints to the CAA went through the roof !

Always amazed me that wingly was legal. But it’s a real pain if I want to go for a flip with a mate and have to get them to sign declarations..

like you I have fitted a quality household CO monitor fitted to my Saratoga. it has a10 year life, and sits in a convenient place low down in the cockpit. I believe it to be a non brainer for the minimal cost.

The most infuriating thing the CAA does is use obtuse language in their communications. I really wish they would use plain English and get someone to proof read the damn stuff to ensure its meaning is crystal clear.

The CAA FIS should replicate that of the German FIS which is absolutely first class, provides radar service and ensures greater safety in the air.

Thanks Jon. Great update as usual 👍😀

Thanks John

Thank you, Jon 👌🏻👍🏻

What is the point of surveying public opinion if it is duly ignored?

The crash over guernsey was way more complicated than CO poisoning. The pilot was not current, a private pilot only conducting charter, had a restricted instrument rating which had lapsed. Aircraft issues which he ignored. Active CO detector make sense though

It is all confusing especially for new pilots. So far I have never asked for any contribution from PAX as so far they have all been family members. However I had my wrist slapped by the company i charter from as i posted a Instagram video showing my 20 year old daughter with her hands on the wheel and mine waving showing her flying. They said that I am not a qualified instructor so this is not allowed even for the brief moment it happened. There was me thinking showing her how to fly was a good safety thing so she knew what to do if anything happened to me! As for cost sharing it is something I have been thinking about as i have a number of fiends have asked me to take them up. I have always so far declined and certainly did not realise i could have had them pay all but a pound! Cheep way of getting your hours up! Thanks for the info.

The CAA now needs restructuring and removal of most of these restrictive requirements on PPL operations to promote manufacturing and use in the industry. This is a good example of how out of date government quangos could be shutdown to save the taxpayers money,.

Active CO monitors are a good idea. They are fitted as standard in Robinson helicopters.