An employer owns his own private aircraft, for which he employs a suitably experienced, two pilot CPL/IR qualified crew to fly for him. Because he does not hold an AOC he is prohibited by law to take along other passengers who contribute financially to the flight. Rightly so, because his organisation is not as tightly regulated or overseen as an AOC operation.
However, a newly qualified PPL without an IR can openly advertise to sell seats to offset the cost of any flight he undertakes.
Would anyone in their right mind willingly go on a European road trip in marginal weather with someone they have never met before and who has hidden the fact that they have only just passed their driving test?
Crazy.