The Norwegian Aviation Authority ('Luftfartstilsynet') recommend for any service providers such as dinflytur.no to adhere to EASAs «Charter to promote the safety of non-commercial General Aviation», which is a standardised safety charter recommending anyone to offer relevant safety information to passengers who decides to book a cost-sharing trip with any pilot of a general aviation aircraft. Dinflytur.no chooses to follow the recommendation from NAA and EASA, to which this page provides you with such information, should you wish to book a trip with us. Below you will find links to the NAA and EASAs websites where the charter and other relevant information can be accessed.
You are about to book a cost-shared flight on a light aircraft. You should be aware of the fact that safety rules for cost-shared flights are not as strict as they are for commercial air transport flights. This means that there is more risk involved in taking a cost-shared flight than buying a ticket from a commercial airline operator, where much stricter safety rules apply and where the aircraft, pilots and the operator are subject to continuous checks and strict oversight rules from the authority. As opposed to commercial airline passenger flights, the risk levels involved in General Aviation flights can be compared with risk levels found in road transportation.
We further recommend for any passengers to watch the short NAA-produced video below, which offer general information to passengers of cost-sharing general aviation flights. Unfortunately the video is in Norwegian language only, but it does not offer information that is not found in English elsewhere on this website.
Take particular note of the safety rules under point 7.
It is important to understand that the pilot is the only decision maker on the aircraft as he/she is the pilot in command. Before departure, the pilot can decide at any time to cancel the flight. During the flight passengers must abstain from making any comments on the decisions of the pilot, to avoid distracting the pilot from safely piloting the aircraft.
As part of their pilot licence, private pilots have received training on weather conditions and the consequences of deteriorating weather conditions. Most pilots will only be allowed to fly in visual weather conditions as part of their VFR (Visual Flight Rules) training. Some pilots might have an IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) qualification and are permitted to fly under non-visual weather conditions. At all times, both VFR and IFR pilot's decision on flying, diversion during flight or not flying shall be respected. A passenger should never try to persuade a pilot to fly if the pilot has decided otherwise, at the risk of putting the passenger and the pilot in danger.
The light aircraft in which you will be flying is very sensitive to weight variations. The pilot takes into consideration the weight that passengers have declared for themselves and their luggage to check the plane’s gravity centre. Therefore it is mandatory that passengers respect the maximum weight authorised by the pilot on this aircraft and not move their luggage during the flight. It's for all those reasons that passengers shall indicate the weight precisely before departure and inform the pilot if it were to change.
The passenger should never take illegal or dangerous goods with them. If the passenger has doubts about the dangerous nature of carried goods, the passenger shall inform the pilot and check with the pilot if transportation is possible. The pilot can check your bags at any time and refuse to take you. If the pilot sees that you are carrying dangerous goods and the pilot has not been informed, the pilot shall refuse to take you on board.
When planning the flight, the pilot takes into account the planned time of departure and arrival and the expected weather conditions at those times. Thus it is important that the pilot is able to take- off at the planned time. In case of uncertainty on the timely arrival, passengers shall inform the pilot.
The passengers shall obey the following basic safety principles: