Originally Posted by
EXDAC
I agree. However, that seems quite different from the position that the pilot and passenger must have the same (or common) purpose for making the flight.
Unfortunately, as with all things legalese, Common Purpose doesn't quite mean what you are attempting to make it mean.
Common purpose does not mean that both parties to a flight are both going to the same place for the same reason. It simply means that both parties would be going to the destination for their own reasons - their purposes are aligned. In other words, in the context of pilots and flying, the pilot needs to have been going to go to the destination in any case - and is not merely flying there for the purposes of conveying the passenger. Pretty much exactly what Yodice wrote.