Ferry flight a commercial op?

"Gatt" wrote in
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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Our flying club sold our PA32R Lance because very few people were
flying it. As one of that few, I offered to ferry it out to the
buyer. A CFI in the club said I can't, because it's a commercial
operation, even though I'm not getting paid. Is he right?

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?


Only for convienience.


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


Doubt it. I used to ferry commercially, but I was paid. The CFI that said
that is talking out of his ass.


Bertie