Originally Posted by
Brian Z
Nope, this is not incidental. This is the reason for the flight. It is a repo flight for mx, right? How is the OP getting to fly the plane free incidental. Flying to a meeting is incidental. Now if the FBO were to give a "bonus" on his W2 and taxes were paid. Then decucted the bonus amount for the flight expense...
If he flies the plane he gets paid his wage for his general duties.
If he doesn't fly the plane he gets paid his wage for his general duties.
This is no different than a traveling technician who is on a salary. He can fly all over the country for his job and even though he is paid a salary of X-amount per a 40hr work week which is generally 9 - 5. That doesn't violate any FARs, like a demo pilot for example. He can demo the plane to an owner and not pay for the time...blah blah blah. Otherwise he would have to fly after 5 or before 9 since he's "getting paid while flying".
Bottom line, since he would get paid if he didn't fly that means the pay is incidental to the flight.