"Gary Drescher" wrote in message

Hm, I'm confused. First of all, this says you have to be engaged in "air
commerce" to be a commercial operator. And 1.1 defines "air commerce" as
"interstate, overseas, or foreign", or mail transport, or navigation on
Federal airways. So if you stay within one state and avoid Federal
airways,
then does that mean you're not a commercial operator, according to this
definition?

that's a pointless question, in any practical application.


Secondly, why isn't a corporate pilot who transports company executives a
"commercial operator" by this defintion? (Provided that the pilot travels
between states or on airways, that is.) The definition says nothing about
who provides the plane or whether there's any holding out.

sigh... You're being argumentative, Gary.