Huck wrote:
It all comes down to who looks and what that person{faa} deems as
payment. If you advertise as a ferry pilot you need a comercial period.
If you are just helping a buddy move an airplane a private is fine
because you are not "holding out" or receiveing payment. I also say
lets have some common sense here people if you think that a brand new
private pilot should be moving airplanes all over the country with
little or no experience is just silly. I have pilots that have in
excess of 200-300 hrs but have never left the state. In this day and
age of TFR's and the crazy weather that we seem to be having these
days. Please take your time and plan everything well. I think this
takes the training that a commercial rating{preferably IFR rated}
supplies.

Matt Tiberii
Comm ASEL AMEL ASES INSTRUMENT
CFI CFII




I agree with you for the most part, but except for TFR's I don't think
weather is any worse nowadays than it used to be. In fact, we have much
better tools for weather avoidance and navigation than in the past, so
all other things being equal a pilot is better equipped and safer today
for a ferry trip than in the past. However, that does not mean that a
newly minted PP should attempt such a thing.