NCO.GEN.102 opens: "Cost-shared flights referred to in Article 6(4a)(a) must comply with the following:". In summary:
| Point | Condition |
|---|---|
| (a) | "No more than six persons (including the pilot) are to be carried on the flight." |
| (b) | All costs other than direct costs paid by the pilot |
| (c) | Each contribution no more than "the total direct costs divided equally by the number of persons carried (including the pilot)" |
| (d) | "The flight must be operated by a private individual." |
| (e) | No pilot employed or contracted as a pilot for the flight |
| (f) | Passengers clearly advised the flight does not meet CAT safety standards |
| (g) | A record for each passenger, with their signed declaration |
| (h) | Records completed before the flight, kept 6 months, produced to an Authorised Person on request |
| (i) | Rules on who places adverts and what they must include |
It was inserted by SI 2025/878 and came into force on 1 October 2025. The CAA's guidance on it is in CAP 1590 and in GM1 NCO.GEN.102(c) and AMC1 NCO.GEN.102(g).
NCO.GEN.102 applies to Part-21 aircraft. For non-Part-21 aircraft, ANO 2016 art. 13(2) and (3) set out the same criteria, with small differences: references to "CAT or PT", and adverts may be placed "by the pilot or operator of the flight". The compliance checklist walks through each point.
Source: UK Reg (EU) 965/2012, Annex VII, NCO.GEN.102 (inserted by SI 2025/878, reg. 13(2))
Read more in our guides
- CAP 1590 and the cost sharing rules explained What CAP 1590 is, where the UK cost sharing rules come from, and what each NCO.GEN.102 condition means for a private pilot flying with passengers.
- Cost-sharing compliance checklist (printable) A printable checklist for UK pilots covering every cost-sharing requirement: advertising, sharing costs, passenger declarations, currency and record keeping.
- What changed on 1 October 2025 for cost sharing A before and after table of the UK cost sharing rule changes from 1 October 2025, and what they mean in practice for private pilots flying passengers.
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