Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review urgently the legislation relating to cost sharing of flights and day leasing of aircraft.

The Department for Transport and the CAA keep all existing legislation under constant review, in order to maintain the UK's high standards of aviation safety. Cost-sharing was not applicable to the accident involving Emiliano Sala, although the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report refers to the practice in a more general context. American registered aircraft are subject to US cost-sharing rules which apply the ‘common purpose’ principle. There was no common purpose between the pilot and passenger on the accident flight, and so cost-sharing was not applicable.