Originally Posted by
Left Handed
It used to be that if you lent someone your airplane and did not charge them for it it was not considered commercial use, and then no 100 hr was required. however, you could not collect in any way for anything relating to the cost of the plane. Does anyone know if this position has been updated?
That would be true if you loaned an airplane to a friend.
However...I suspect that an existing business relationship with a student would invalidate a claim of "loaning" the airplane since the CFI would obviously only loan the airplane under such circumstances to further his own business interests. Shady at best.
Might be different if the student was a friend from way back or family, in which case the existing personal relationship might supersede a business one.