Been a while, but maybe.....

1.1 Commercial operator means a person who, for compensation or hire,
engages in the carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or
property, other than as an air carrier or foreign air carrier or under
the authority of Part 375 of this title. Where it is doubtful that an
operation is for ``compensation or hire'', the test applied is whether
the carriage by air is merely incidental to the person's other business
or is, in itself, a major enterprise for profit.

91.501(b)

119.21(a)5

119.23(b)






"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
Brian, could you elaborate, please? I just re-read 119.1 and could not
find
any statement restricting freight ops to commercial operators.

Thanks,
Gary