Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
The Administrator views the logging of flight time as compensation, as provided numerous times in Chief Legal Counsel letters of interpretation.
Flight time is not compensation. The logging of it, as a tangible item of value, is compensation.
Doing commercial work for free, even if you don't log the time, is still scummy even if it is legal. Private pilots shouldn't be doing ferry flights. I'd be curious to see if this specific scenario has ever come up and if it did if the FAA A wouldn't still bust the guy.
I agree on some of the other points, if he wants to stay fresh and sit right seat on single pilot aircraft I don't see a problem.