The difficulty some smaller charter operators have experienced with adhering to the new legislation has meant they have had to abandon aircraft operations altogether. One such operator is Eddy Van Wulpen of Heli Van Wulpen who used to fly a Bell 206 JetRanger out of Kortrijk-Wevelgem. The company no longer has an AOC and Van Wulpen says he now operates as a broker that continues to do sightseeing trips, and a lot of television filming. Explaining how his business keeps running, Van Wulpen said: "We don't fly anymore. We hire machines from other people and we do the business is that way. "Most of it is JetRanger because, for us, from a commercial point of view, it is the best, cheapest and easiest machine to work with. "When we have a mission, we contact a company who has a helicopter and we do the job with them." This way, says Van Wulpen, it is up to another company to make sure flight regulations are not broken. He believes that there are often inconsistencies between individuals at the aviation authorities, and that some regulations simply do not make sense. Van Wulpen points to the legislation on flying over water as a good example of why he is frustrated: "We've done some sightseeing but the administration has told us we need ditching equipment because we started at the edge of a river. "They said, because if our equipment stops, you can't start from there without it. But every day you have small helicopters or aeroplanes that are crossing the channel. So where are we going? "The European laws have reduced the market. What you have now is a lot of private pilots who are doing commercial things."