Paying for syndicate trial flights
I've been looking for a a/c share to buy and found that the seeling owner either pays for the trial flight or expects the prospective buyer to pay for it.
The earlier option is quite pleasant but a bit unfair to the seller. However the latter is even worse because the buyer, who generally does little flying, no TO or landings and cannot log any of the time anyway (unless he's buying a two pilot B737... unfortunately that's not me) ends up paying for somebody else's flying time!
Wouldn't it be much fairer for everybody involved if the cost is split between the buyer and the pilot or seller? I'm not sure how the latter leaves the P.1 because I am under the impression that he is required to pay for at least 1/N the cost of the flight, where N is minimum of 4 or the number of occupants.
Not trying to start a flame but I've been putoff by the situation.
Feel much better now.
Mak