Jose, your regulation idea makes far too much sense for such a bureaucracy.


"Jose" wrote in message
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"Do they really even CARE about these trivial little things?" Or, do
those rules exist in case somebody -is- trying to run an illegitimate
black market air transport service?

They act like they care, if you ask them. I do support their stance
against an illigetimate black market air transport service. However,
taking your friend home from college (everyone knows you love to fly)
isn't such an animal, though the FAA has made noises as if it were. By
extension, taking your son TO college is equally a black market air
tranport service (especially if you take his friend), and it gets sillier
after that.

I would say that the problem arises from "impersonating an air transport
service", and this is easily solved if the rules state something along the
lines of "A private pilot may carry passengers. A pilot who is
excercising the privilages of a private pilot may not represent himself or
the operation as a commercial pilot, implicitly or explicitly. Explicitly
representing the operation as a private pilot is sufficient to meet this
rule. A private pilot may share expenses with passengers. Shared expenses
need not be pro-rata, but in no case may a pilot receive more
reimbursement or compensation than his actual expenses. Logging of flight
time shall not be considered compensation, neither shall goodwill.

Jose
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