Originally Posted by
compressor stall
To expand / clarify that - a pax transport operation only falls into 121 / 135 land (or the 119 umbrella) only if there is Hire or Reward involved (see definition of Air Transport Operation).
Indeed.
This is what the definition in the Dictionary of CASRs says:
Definition of air transport operation
(1) An air transport operation is a passenger transport operation, a cargo transport operation or a medical transport operation, that:
(a) is conducted for hire or reward; or
(b) is prescribed by an instrument issued under regulation 201.025.
(2) Despite subclause (1), an air transport operation does not include an aerial work operation or a balloon transport operation.
Accordingly, if there is no instrument issued under regulation 201.025 covering them, it follows that e.g. a flight by me and 8 mates in a PC12 owned by a corporation with no hire or reward is a "passenger transport operation" as defined, but not a "air transport operation" as defined, subject to .... what rules?
So now it's necessary to track down whether any instruments have been issued under regulation 201.025.
Easy, isn't it?