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CHAPTER CHATTER, EAA Chapter 78 3

See How Much You Know About Sharing Expenses with Passengers
Sectional Charts With These 7 What can you as a private pilot charge for?
Questions

The FAA's decision to ban Internet ride-sharing
websites like AirPooler and Flytenow is hardly
surprising given the Department of Transportation's
tight restrictions on "holding out" for air transportation
services. As a private pilot you can accept money to fly
your friends to Spokane for a wedding you're all
attending, but if you advertise that same flight on the
web and ask for payment, you've crossed a line.

So what can you as a private pilot charge for?

According to the FARs, fuel and oil consumed on a

Step-By-Step ADS-B Rebate flight and ramp or tie-down fees at the destination
Guide With Photos 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.

How do you calculate the amount each occupant will
pay? It isn't necessary to equally divvy up each
individual cost. Just be sure you're not shelling out less
than an equal share of the total operating costs or
rental fee for a given flight. In general, all you need to
do is divide the total costs for the flight by the number
of people on board the airplane and the result will be
the amount that each person should pay.

Also keep in mind that in addition to equal sharing of
the cost of the flight, the FAA says the pilot and
passengers must have a "common purpose" for the
flight as well. That is, they must be flying to the
It might not look as sexy as a new glass destination for a reason, not merely so the pilot can
cockpit, but this ADS-B Out installation in a build time and charge money.
Cherokee was done very cheaply and came
with great benefits.