"Gatt" wrote in message
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It seems to me that he's only right to the extent that if the transaction
was reversed, ie, you were buying the plane rather than selling it, it
would be a commercial transaction.

That suggests that you also can't buy an airplane and fly it away because
it's a "commercial operation." Personally, I think you'd have to screw
up in a lot of ways before the FAA started looking with that much
scrutiny. Why should a private club have to hire a commercial pilot to
sell an airplane? Do people actually do that?

Has anybody here -ever- seen any legal trouble over something like this?


Something like ten years ago, maybe more, there was a case that involved a
skydiving club. One of the members was also a private pilot and volunteered
to fly the jump plane. He thought it a great way to build free time towards
his commercial. Since he was using the time towards another rating it was
deemed to be compensation since he'd otherwise have to pay for it and the
flights were a commercial operation.