Originally Posted by
flyingfemme
If the "guests" are "paying guests" then it's dodgy, if they are "friends and family" or the aircraft is being operated by a company for their own business, flying their own employees, it can be OK.
Spot on. We regularly fly aircraft owner's employees, thats often a reason for having the aircraft (I'm thinking a certain large store chain based in the Channel Islands) We were flying some guests when one told me to add something to his "account" turned out the owner was charging some discount rate to his mates. Immediately I found out I called the owner and grounded the rest of the trip as it was illegal and I was uninsured. After a short argument the owner came round to my way of thinking. Actually he was scared of the publicity a prosecution would bring.
SND