Originally Posted by
FlyerJosh
Personally, (operating in such a circumstance), I leave it up to the corporate lawyers to work out. As far as I'm concerned, I'm carrying employees and customers/visitors of the company of official business of the company... Everything else is above my pay grade.
The problem is that it's very difficult for the FAA to go after the non-certificated people who run such an operation. I think they have to pursue what is essentially a civil lawsuit.
It's much easier to yank the pilot's tickets, and the historical precedent is that they will do just that, and then call it a day.