Originally Posted by Punkpilot48
A couple orlando FSDO check airman and even our schools POI interprets you sitting in your hangar or a hangar or an office at the airport as advertising you are a comercial pilot willing to fly for anyone anytime. (advertising , holding out, common carriage)
Seems like grasping to me but they give the checkrides.
Remember laws and regs were made for lawers not pilots.
Exactly. The FAA has determined this is "holding out". The
incedental interpertation applies to
you, not the passenger (client). In other words lets say you need to fly from point A to point B for a legit reason and the potential passenger just so happens needs to go to the same place at the same time. Then, just like a private pilot, you can share expenses in your airplane or an airplane you rent. But if the sole reason for the flight is to take him to his destination in his airplane and you have no reason to go there other than to fly him, then be very, very careful. You can fly him under private carriage, ie, you become his personal corporate pilot for his personal airplane with a contract, but this has been a gray area in the past. The FAA wants to see a contract and performance under the contract. The FAA is not so concerned about you and your boss, but the innocent (maybe not-so-innocent
) passengers your boss may ask you to carry. Many corporate flight operations are performed under part 135 for this reason.