"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
...
[...] If the owner says "make this
flight for me and I'll lend you the aircraft for a few hours for free
next
week" then that could be construed as compensation. If he just says
"please
make this flight for me", I don't think it can.


"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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This has been covered so often in this newsgroup, it's hard to give you
the
benefit of the doubt and assume you're not just trolling, but...

The flight itself is what the FAA would consider compensation. Even just
the one. In this particular scenario, the Private Pilot would be required
to pay his own way while operating the airplane. Otherwise, he is being
compensated (by the free use of the airplane).

I'm certainly not trolling. Can you cite a single case in which the FAA has
deemed this the case?I've not seen one that didn't turn out to rely on a
different interpretation on closer inspection.

Julian