sky37d said:
The fewer calls to the local FSDO, the better off you'll be.
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I guess if I had 750 hours, didn't know anything and trying to do the same thing, I'd have the same attitude.
The FAA can have a pretty broad view on what constitutes "compensation or hire". For instance, one FSDO recently said that even the division of direct operating costs among passengers was not an equitable division because the private pilot that was PIC was building time. In their view, he was receiving compensation in the form of building time.
The NTSB Administrative Law journals are repleat with guys trying to short the process and getting really, really burned in the process. The "compensation or hire" thing is always on the mind of the FAA, and is a perennial hot button issue with them.
You start running a 210 filled with boxes with no seats and a cargo net...it will get someone's attention, and sooner or later, it will get looked into. The reaction will either be an anal probe or "nah, that's the guy doing part 91 stuff. He came around and talked to us, and he's ok". Take your pick.
If what you are planning is on the up and up, the feds will have zero problem with it.
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