Originally Posted by
MercuryBirdman
In your opinion is it legal to be Part 91 and deliver legal small packages and other expedited cargo? For example if I were to use my own small airplane, let's say a Cirrus SR-20, to fly expedited cargo from airport A to airport B for a fee. No alcohol, tobacco, firearms, or hazmat items. Mostly things like documents, aircraft parts, other things that are relatively small or relatively light weight.
Transporting persons or property from one point to another for hire, in which you provide the aircraft, Part 135 (or 121 or 125, depending on other factors). If someone else pays you to transport them and their gear in their aircraft, you can do it. If someone else provides the aircraft but accepts third party transportation for hire, then it's back to 135.
Your question is a direct reference to a 135 operation.
If you think the 135 is expensive, try doing it without the certificate.