Filing a flight plan

[Want2FlyAgain]

I was recently asked if you are operating under part 91 for hire under VFR...do you have to file a flight plan...I can't find an answer.

Thank you

 

[cvsfly]

No. The passengers or company may appreciate it though.

 

[Toy Soldier]

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...under part 91 for hire ...

Question. What kind of "for hire" are you doing under part 91?

 

[cvsfly]

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...under part 91 for hire ...

Question. What kind of "for hire" are you doing under part 91?

Doesn't matter if it's 91 for hire as long as its not 135 or 121. No reg. under 91 VFR requires a flight plan unless you are crossing an ADIZ (offshore or in DC) or other TFR restriction.

 

[Toy Soldier]

Well, well, well. someone READ an "intent" to my question. I was simply asking what kind of part 91 operation for hire this guy was doing.

See that, I got the answer to another question that I didn't ask... HA

 

[Timebuilder]

I would think that "part 91 for hire" would be a situation where a company who owns the airplane "hires" a pilot for the flight department. Is that what you meant to say?

Corporate flying like that is under part 91, and the pilots have been hired by the company.

Company policy may dictate a flight plan be filed, and certainly it is prudent to file one, but for most VFR flight it is not required.

 

[banned username 2]

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...under part 91 for hire ...

Question. What kind of "for hire" are you doing under part 91?

Sightseeing tours and flight instruction occur under the operations of Part 91 flight rules, but yet are "For Hire". Yes, I realize you train under Part 61, 141 or 142 BUT the flight occurs under Part 91, the other parts set forth the training required.

 

[avbug]

Timebuilder,

A corporate airplane in which a pilot is hired, is not a flight for hire. The pilot is operating for compensation or hire, but the flight is private carriage, unless persons or property outside the company or ownership are carried for compensation or hire. In such a case, the flight would become a Part 135 operation, and would be a for hire flight.

Under Part 91, a VFR flight plan is not required (but is a good idea).

 

[Timebuilder]

Yep.

I'm just not certain if he really meant to say "for hire" in the FAA sense of the phrase.

 

[cvsfly]

Well, well, well. someone READ an "intent" to my question. I was simply asking what kind of part 91 operation for hire this guy was doing.

See that, I got the answer to another question that I didn't ask... HA

Sorry, just trying to answer the original question. And on the first I had to assume he meant - Part 91 flying - pilot hired and paid to fly the airplane. If we were all literate writers here on this board, we wouldn't have to waste so much bandwidth with assumptions and multiple questions and answers.