Originally Posted by
utaflyboy
As long as you aren't paying the CFI to fly you to the bahamas, it isn't a Charter. If you're just paying him for instruction, you're fine. You will, of course, need a 100 hour since you are paying him for instruction. Also, keep in mind he can only instruct for 8 hours in any given 24 hour period. I can see where this could raise questions, but if he is legitimately giving flight instruction then it's legal, regardless who owns the plane. (If I'm wrong please quote me the regs...I can't find anything that says this would be an illegal charter.)
If the plane is owned by one of the three pilots, fine, no problem.
If the plane is a rental, then this has the appearance of an illegal charter (three pax, going to a vacation destination).
If ramp checked the Fed could write you up, and then it is up to you to prove that what you were doing is legal.
If this is a Cessna 182 and one or more of the other pilots is working on his instrument ticket and logs four hours of simulated instrument instruction time and a couple of approaches, and you log the time as instruction time, there should not be a problem.
If it is a cabin class twin and you are alone up front while the other three pilots have martinis in the back, this is a problem.
Joe