If they were up for it & capable of doing it there can't be many pilots out there who would refuse the chance of any free flying. The only pilot who would refuse is the one who wants payment for such and is told there is none.
Of course as with any venture there are the minority who blatantly flout the law and some times the law eventually catches up with them. However in the ideal world every pilot would like a friend with a chopper to ask them if they wouldn't mind picking/dropping someone up/off, delivering the ship for Mtc or vice versa or just taking someone out for a jolly on their behalf and why not.
Why on earth would an owner pay these film star wages for a CPL pilot to have their ship flown from A to B when one of their friends (or any other capable pilot) would do it for free.
Life would be so much simpler if no money exchanged hands for all these good deeds instead of just sour grapes cos another pilot has had the opportunity of some free flying and you haven't.
If anybody wants to do a CPL, I wish them well, if they don't, I also wish them well but there shouldn't be a need to bitch about someone who is capable of doing the same thing that your capable of doing just because they haven't got a CPL.
It is
your choice to invest in more training (nobody forced you) just like it is
his or hers to accept there current level of experience.
Lets be honest at the end of the day it's just another flight and who gives a toss.
It does't come very often so if it's within your capability grab any free flying you can that's what I say.
