Originally Posted by
andrewr
That's not an example I gave. My example (which you keep ignoring) was someone purchasing an aircraft for a regular trip to Sydney (2(7)(d)(i)), then publicly selling the spare seats.
And are you aware of anyone on the planet who claims to be able to do that without an AOC?
Originally Posted by
andrewr
Again, not my example. My example would be a businessman who says to his mate who just got his PPL "Hey, I have to go to Mildura every week, how about you fly me there, I'll pay 1/2 the cost and you can build up your hours?" I would call this flying for hire.
If the businessman purchased or hired the aircraft, I’d call that the personal transportation of the owner of the aircraft. (Read reg 2(9).)
Originally Posted by
andrewr
Here I think you would have a problem. But we know CASA want to allow this particular operation so the likelihood of it being tested is minimal.
You evidently don’t know how law works. What CASA “wants to allow” is neither here nor there.