What Licenses do you need to make a profit with Flights
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What Licenses do you need to make a profit with Flights
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I read somewhere you need more than a PPL to make money on flights so what licenses do you need?
I read somewhere you need more than a PPL to make money on flights so what licenses do you need?
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As Dave has said, to be financially rewarded for flying you must possess a Commercial Pilots Licence. With your PPL you cannot be paid for flying, even if you give somebody a lift somewhere, in that instance you can share costs but cannot be financially rewarded for your "service".
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It doesn't have to be an equal share though, just a contribution towards the costs. So you could fly a couple of mates to Inverness from Lands End and pay a pound towards it and your mates pick up the rest. Not sure I have any mates who would be that generous 
but technically you would be within the restrictions of a PPL to do that.
but technically you would be within the restrictions of a PPL to do that.
What you could do (dons tin hat) is decide on a project such as retracing a famous solo aviator's route, get sponsorship from a financial company and an aeroplane manufacturer, get TV interested and off you go - solo of course!
In fact there's a lady on the Private Flying thread who's done just that (allegedly).
In fact there's a lady on the Private Flying thread who's done just that (allegedly).
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It doesn't have to be an equal share though, just a contribution towards the costs. So you could fly a couple of mates to Inverness from Lands End and pay a pound towards it and your mates pick up the rest.
