PPL question payment for flight

"Peter Gottlieb"
snip
No monetary compensation is involved
(nor other "favors" from her friend, for those of you with dirty minds).
All I get out of it is time flying, and I bear all the costs. I would
have
no other reason to fly to that particular field (although no reason not to
either).

No dirty minds here. We believe you, nothing happened with "the friend."

....so, why do you think your wife (and her friend) wanted you out of town
for the afternoon?? g

Answer to your FAA question: You are acting as a (money losing) air taxi
service. Bad.

Hey, what a coincidence. I was planning to fly over there next Wednesday
anyway. Not bad.

--
Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
.. .
No dirty minds here. We believe you, nothing happened with "the friend."

...so, why do you think your wife (and her friend) wanted you out of town
for the afternoon?? g

Maybe I should have done something with the friend... I never thought of
that angle!

Answer to your FAA question: You are acting as a (money losing) air taxi
service. Bad.

So, in the eyes of the FAA, I would have to drive a car instead?

Hey, what a coincidence. I was planning to fly over there next Wednesday
anyway. Not bad.

How did you know that?

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Maybe I should have done something with the friend... I never thought of
that angle!

Well, the mother of a pair of Young Eagles wanted to fly along last Saturday.
I can testify that you can't accomplish much along those lines in a Maule
with no auto-pilot. :-)

George Patterson
The optimist feels that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist is afraid that he's correct.
James Branch Cavel

You'll have to borrow a Cherokee 6 at least. With a pilot who won't look
back...


"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Maybe I should have done something with the friend... I never thought
of
that angle!

Well, the mother of a pair of Young Eagles wanted to fly along last
Saturday.
I can testify that you can't accomplish much along those lines in a Maule
with no auto-pilot. :-)

George Patterson
The optimist feels that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist is afraid that he's correct.
James Branch Cavel

"Montblack" wrote in message ...
"Peter Gottlieb"
snip
No monetary compensation is involved
(nor other "favors" from her friend, for those of you with dirty minds).
All I get out of it is time flying, and I bear all the costs. I would
have
no other reason to fly to that particular field (although no reason not to
either).

No dirty minds here. We believe you, nothing happened with "the friend."

...so, why do you think your wife (and her friend) wanted you out of town
for the afternoon?? g

Answer to your FAA question: You are acting as a (money losing) air taxi
service. Bad.

Gotta disagree with this one Montblack. If there was no
compensation involved, Peter is not acting as an air taxi. As far as
the FAA is concerned, you can fly anyone, anywhere, anytime as long as
you (the pilot) are paying for all costs associated with the flight.

The "commonality of purpose" and "pro rata share" tests only come
into play when money or other compensation is exchanged. Basically,
the rule exists to keep private pilots from making commercial flights.
The absence of any sort of compensation makes Peter's flight legit.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)