Difference between Private, Commercial, and ATP
Olinga K. Abbott
I have been searching for the restrictions that Private Pilots and
Commercial Pilots have, but I have not been able to find this
information. Can anyone help me with this?
Olinga Abbott
oab...@worldnet.att.net
James M. Knox
In article <MPG.cf265e6f...@netnews.worldnet.att.net>,
oab...@worldnet.att.net (Olinga K. Abbott) wrote:
>I have been searching for the restrictions that Private Pilots and
>Commercial Pilots have, but I have not been able to find this
>information. Can anyone help me with this?
The details are contained in a series of Federal Aviation Regulations, Part
61, part 91, part 135, and part 121 (and maybe some others). If you want to
get very specific (and this involves looking at interpretations as well as the
original text of the regs), then it will get very involved. But basically:
Private Pilot -- allows flying for pleasure and business (where the flight is
incidental to the business).
Examples: A weekend flight for fun == legal
A flight to attend a business
meeting or to visit
a client -- legal
A flight to take pictures to be
sold -- not legal (commercial required)
A flight where pilot will be paid
for having conducted the
flight -- not legal (commercial required)
Commercial -- allows pilot to be paid for *being* a pilot. This includes
things like banner towing, corporate pilot, CFI (instructor). There *is*
however, an area where some pilots get into trouble:
Person A wants commercial pilot to fly person A's
plane to a destination -- legal
Person A wants commercial pilot to fly pilot's
plane to a destination -- generally NOT legal
(part 135 required).
Note: Just to get more complicated, a private pilot *is* allowed to "share
expenses" with passengers, provided there is a "commonality of purpose."
James Knox
Reece R. Pollack
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:46:37 -0500, oab...@worldnet.att.net (Olinga
K. Abbott) wrote:
>I have been searching for the restrictions that Private Pilots and
>Commercial Pilots have, but I have not been able to find this
>information. Can anyone help me with this?
Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 61 will give you most of them.
Part 61.1 Applicability.
(a) This part prescribes the requirements for issuing pilot and flight
instructor certificates and ratings, the conditions under which those
certificates and ratings are necessary, and the privileges and
limitations of those certificates and ratings.
--
Reece R. Pollack
CP-ASMEL-IA -- N1707H Piper Arrow III (based GAI)
tmetz...@aol.com
In article <56abgs$1e...@news3.realtime.net>, tri...@bga.com (James M.
Knox) writes:
> Examples: A weekend flight for fun == legal
> A flight to attend a business
> meeting or to visit
> a client -- legal
> A flight to take pictures to be
> sold -- not legal (commercial required)
> A flight where pilot will be paid
> for having conducted the
> flight -- not legal (commercial required)
>
>
Actually, if the pilot is flying somewhere because he/she is also a
commercial photographer, I think that is legal, as long as the flight was
"incidental" to the photography. If the pilot is transporting a
commercial photographer, it isn't legal for the pilot to be compensated.
I am talking about US regs (FAR 61.118), your mileage/jail time may vary.
Timothy Metzinger
DOD # 1854 '82 Virago 750 - "Siobhan"
Various Socata Tampico's at FDK (No Names)
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FlyGuy
Check out an article entitled "Building Time" in the November '96 issue
of Plane & Pilot. Covers the subject pretty well.
John Ellis
Honolulu, HI