The cost sharing - reimbursment - flight for hire mess

On 2003-10-19 17:55:47 -0700, (null) said:

25. Members who reposition the aircraft for club purposes such as
maintenance or to
transport persons who will perform maintenance may record the time as
"Club
Time" on the time sheets with the advance approval of the Maintenance
Officer and
will not be charged for the flight time. Members who accept Club
Time do so with
the understanding that this time will not be entered in their
logbooks.

That's a bit much, don't you think? Flight time is flight time, and logging that time is what logbooks are for. Yes, I know one kook once upon a time said, "Ooh, he's logging that flight time towing gliders - he's being compensated!" Whatever. That's one of the screwiest things anyone has ever come up with and should be completely disregarded, especially in this case. I can't imagine anyone getting bent because a private pilot ferried a flying club aircraft somewhere for some reason and then logged that time in order to show recency of experience.

But that's just me.

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Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA