US FAR 61.113 Private Pilots Towing gliders for compensation.

(a) says someone without a commercial license can't be paid to be PIC
unless he falls under one of the exceptions, and (g) provides an
exception for towpilots. So a towpilot without a commercial license can
be paid.

I don't see how it can be interpreted in any other way.



BTIZ wrote:
Pete.. read 61.113(a) again please... it says private pilots may not act as
PIC nor be Compensated except as in b through g...

so... para G exempts him from the PIC limitation, but not from the
compensation.

BT

"Pete Brown" wrote in message
...

61.113 (a) lays out the general prohibitions against private pilots flying
for compensation, subject to the exceptions laid out in paragraphs (b)
through (g). Read the plain language for what it says. Towing is one of
the exceptions to 61.113(a) which only discusses piloting for
compensation.

If a private pilot could not be paid for towing, there would be no need
whatsoever for paragraph (g). It would be excluded by 61.113(a).

FAA inspectors are bound by the language, not whether they agree with or
like the regulation.

Pete Brown


BTIZ wrote:

"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message


1) The wording in § 61.113(g) is quite clear and allows a
private pilot to tow for compensation.


no it is not clear... and that is the issue...

61.113(a) says a private pilot cannot act as PIC nor receive compensation
except as provided in (b) through (g)
(b) through (f) cover various circumstances when a private pilot may
share pro rata expenses, be reimbursed for cost, fly as PIC for charity
events etc, and fly as "incidental" to a business, but it never says he
can be paid to be a pilot.
(g) says he can be PIC for towing, it does not say he can get paid to do
it.

Sooo... (a) says he cannot be PIC of an aircraft carrying passengers or
cargo except for (g), and (g) says he can be PIC for towing, it does not
say he can be compensated.

I've heard these comments about Mr Lynch in the past, and if his
information is so bad, then why does the FAA keep updating it on their
official gov web page?



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