"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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OK, what about sending one of our club members up to collect an
airplane that's been at a radio shop?


Bertie

Who is paying for the gas?


Pilot pays for nothing.

Let's break it down into two examples then.

One, he's part of a flying club, pays dues monthly, let's say he
washes airplanes and what not for flying time,

If he/she/it "paid" for this flight by working for the club - then
they "paid" their own way. Not much the FAA can do.

and in the second example he's just
a friend of a guy who hasn't got time to schlepp his airplane to the
field where the radio shop is. He's just doing it as a favor to the
owner.

Then he/she/it is getting "free hours" which, if someone gets a bug up
their butt, could be a problem.


I've known both of these to have happened in the distant past (with
the flying club an FAA inspector was one of the members and knew)


I'm sure it hapens a lot. I assume in these cases, the FAA inspector
didn't think it was worth making a fuss about. 1 hour of "free" time?
Big Whoop. On the other hand, if someone is looking for an excuse to
cause trouble...

There is no shortage of a-holes out there.


Well, as I said, it was years ago and the FAA, PITA though it may have
been back then, wasn't anything like as anal as it is now.
For instance, in one 135 operation I did some part time for, single
engine "over the top" was pretty common. Anyone who has ever looked at
the rules for this and actually remembered them should get some sort of
award. So, the way it worked was, you didn't do anything too stupid
during an over the top flight and when you got back you looked it up and
matched your flight to one of the many options in the book. The FAA were
OK with that, too. Commone sense prevailed.
I wouldn't imagine that's the case nowadays.

Bertie