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Old 26th Nov 2006, 09:24
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kissmysquirrel
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Hang em high!

This subject has been covered many times in many places. People have, and will continue to fly illegally, as long as they continue to get away with it. I know a few people who do this but if they are being paid cash in hand, it's difficult to prove.
If a crash were to happen, and a survivor admitted they were paying the PPL pilot, then you might have a case. Especially as any decent insurance company would refuse to pay out, and rightly so.
Corporate flying was always a grey area with one guy I heard about flying a A109 on a PPL with 200hours TT. He only picked customers up for his boss. He wasn't paid as a pilot. Not breaking the law, but for those of us who bothered to get a CPL/ATPL/IR etc, it is annoying. He did go on to get a CPL though!

I don't know how you would go about grassing these people up and getting satisfaction. Ramp checks? A CAA hotline? Any thoughts?