Folks,
It's quite simple and a lot of you have already made the point. The PPL cannot fly for hire or reward, it is that simple. If he/she is getting paid, it's illegal, if they are not paying a pro-rata share of the cost of the flight, then it is illegal.
I spent a lot of time, money and gained some grey hair getting to where I am, and I would love to work in a country that had an authority that would do something about the problem.
Sadly, we all seem to work in countries where the authority responsable doesn't want to get involved, those who obey the rules, pay thousands (tens of thousands) and get inspected all the time and those who opt out get to do as they please.
It does make one wonder why we bothered to do it right?
Regards to all,
Lunar
