I'm not sure what you base that on. The courts have ruled that logging
free flight time is commercial and requires a commercial rating.

-Robert, CFII


Stache wrote:
wrote:

John you can use your PPL for this no special certificate is required
as long as you hold the rating as a private pilot. In some case you
may have to be instrument rated depending on the length of the flight
and weather conditions.

Stache