I gave an answer similar to what you fellas said, just talked my through it and let him know what I knew. He mentioned how gray an area it really is, and never really said whether it would have been legal or not. He made the point that the flight hours could be considered compensation (I would agree with Rick though, it depends where you are in your career; another way around it other then logging it as dual given is to not log it at all as you only need to log time in furtherance of training or for proficiency). Another point he made (although I think is a bit of a stretch) is you jumping up and saying you would fly him might be considered holding out. Good luck on you checkride, go through the commercial oral exam guide and you should be sitting pretty. For more details (definitions and such) on the privileges of a commercial pilot there is an advisory circular out there.
Last edited by JMT21; 02-05-2006 at 03:04 PM.