Icekeyboardtw
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Commercial check ride coming up, I have a few question about private carriage and common carriage scenarios
I held commercial pilot license with valid first class medical without operation license
1) If my flight plan is for evacuating from hurricane with 2 passenger on board, and get paid by my employer. Is it legal?
2) if both the passenger pays you as well, is it legal?
3) after evacuation, passenger want to visit someone, and they will pay you, legal?
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4) If my friend want me to take him for aerial photography using my own aircraft and he pays, legal?
5) If i rent aircraft from my flight school for $130 per hour, a friend ask me to pay rental plus $50 for aerial photography, is it legal?
6) If landed somewhere else, is it legal?
7) If you start a business and start advertising at FBO, making money by aerial photography with own aircraft, is it legal?
This is so complicated, I will try to give my own answer but please correct me if i am wrong.
1) If my flight plan is for evacuating from hurricane with 2 passenger on board, and get paid by my employer. Is it legal?
Evacuating from hurricane is considered a ferry flight, ferry flight carrying passenger will requires a special flight permit from FSDO, so if I have the special flight permit, i can do the ferry flight with passenger for hire.
Wrong
2) if both the passenger pays you as well, is it legal?
Falls under Part 135 air carrier, not legal.
3) after evacuation, passenger want to visit someone, and they will pay you, legal?
Not hanging out, only if you have the purpose to go to that place and they pay less than pro rata share, or it's considered a common carriage, and will falls under Part 135 air carrier and not legal.
4) If my friend want me to take him for aerial photography using my own aircraft and he pays, legal?
Aerial photography, according to Part 119.1(e), it's considered a Part 91 operation. So it's legal.
5) If i rent aircraft from my flight school for $130 per hour, a friend ask me to pay rental plus $50 for aerial photography, is it legal?
It's exception of Part 119, So it's also legal.
6) If landed somewhere else, is it legal?
Transporting from A to B, falls under Part 135 air carrier, not legal.
7) If you start a business and start advertising at FBO, making money by aerial photography with own aircraft, is it legal?
Very grey, but i supposed to be legal, like advertising to be a flight instructor.
Conclusion
Part 91 need to meet the requirements
Part 119 requires commercial operator certificate,
Part 135 requires Air carrier certificate or Operating certificate
Difference of aerial photography and air tour,
I held commercial pilot license with valid first class medical without operation license
1) If my flight plan is for evacuating from hurricane with 2 passenger on board, and get paid by my employer. Is it legal?
2) if both the passenger pays you as well, is it legal?
3) after evacuation, passenger want to visit someone, and they will pay you, legal?
---------------------------------Different scenario----------------------------------------------------------
4) If my friend want me to take him for aerial photography using my own aircraft and he pays, legal?
5) If i rent aircraft from my flight school for $130 per hour, a friend ask me to pay rental plus $50 for aerial photography, is it legal?
6) If landed somewhere else, is it legal?
7) If you start a business and start advertising at FBO, making money by aerial photography with own aircraft, is it legal?
This is so complicated, I will try to give my own answer but please correct me if i am wrong.
1) If my flight plan is for evacuating from hurricane with 2 passenger on board, and get paid by my employer. Is it legal?
Evacuating from hurricane is considered a ferry flight, ferry flight carrying passenger will requires a special flight permit from FSDO, so if I have the special flight permit, i can do the ferry flight with passenger for hire.
Wrong
2) if both the passenger pays you as well, is it legal?
Falls under Part 135 air carrier, not legal.
3) after evacuation, passenger want to visit someone, and they will pay you, legal?
Not hanging out, only if you have the purpose to go to that place and they pay less than pro rata share, or it's considered a common carriage, and will falls under Part 135 air carrier and not legal.
4) If my friend want me to take him for aerial photography using my own aircraft and he pays, legal?
Aerial photography, according to Part 119.1(e), it's considered a Part 91 operation. So it's legal.
5) If i rent aircraft from my flight school for $130 per hour, a friend ask me to pay rental plus $50 for aerial photography, is it legal?
It's exception of Part 119, So it's also legal.
6) If landed somewhere else, is it legal?
Transporting from A to B, falls under Part 135 air carrier, not legal.
7) If you start a business and start advertising at FBO, making money by aerial photography with own aircraft, is it legal?
Very grey, but i supposed to be legal, like advertising to be a flight instructor.
Conclusion
Part 91 need to meet the requirements
Part 119 requires commercial operator certificate,
Part 135 requires Air carrier certificate or Operating certificate
Difference of aerial photography and air tour,
- "Aerial photography" is a separate activity from "sightseeing", main purpose have to be aerial photography or it falls to air tour and have 25 SM radius restriction
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