Originally Posted by
thisishomebrand
Under EASA rules, while the UK is still part of them anyway, it’s not permitted for a PPL holder to fly passengers and the pilot not pay equal share. I think if you actually look into the details of the link then it’s highly unlikely that the £67 the passenger paid covered anywhere near the full cost of the flight. Wet rental of Warrior is around £150 per hour so once you add landing fees it will be well in excess of £67 to operate.
There are websites that are used for advertising these kind of flights such as Wingly, but as long as the pilot is paying their fair share they are operating within EASA rules.
As you probably already know, & if you look at the pPrune Sala thread linked above, the Malibu was flag-of-convenience N Reg, the pilot was allegedly a heavily indebted PPL, apparently not even licensed to fly at night and there's no published evidence that the he paid anything or was intending to fly the same route/time before any cost-sharing passenger climbed on board (also a requirement under FAA rules). The scenario is fairly obvious, IMHO, and no doubt a lot more will come out of the woodwork.