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CHAPTER CHATTER, EAA Chapter 78 9
Danish schoolboy finds buried Sharing Expenses with Passengers
German WW2 aircraft and pilot What can you as a private pilot charge for?
The FAA's decision to ban Internet ride-sharing
Daniel Rom Kristiansen uncovered the wreckage - as websites like AirPooler and Flytenow is hardly
well as the remains of the pilot - after being told by his surprising given the Department of Transportation's
father to ‘go out and find the plane that is supposed to tight restrictions on "holding out" for air transportation
have crashed in the field’. services. As a private pilot you can accept money to fly
your friends to Spokane for a wedding you're all
Klaus Kristiansen told local news station DR P4 attending, but if you advertise that same flight on the
Nordjylland that his grandfather once mentioned that a web and ask for payment, you've crossed a line. So
German plane had crashed in the fields behind their what can you as a private pilot charge for?
farm during the Second World War.
According to the FARs, fuel and oil consumed on a
flight and ramp or tie-down fees at the destination
airport can be shared on an equal basis by a pilot and
passengers. If the airplane is rented from an FBO or
flight school, the hourly rental fee (plus the cost of fuel,
if that isn't included in the rental fee) can be shared by
the pilot and passengers. Indirect expenses such as
insurance, maintenance and depreciation cannot be
shared.
