My understanding if the
customer is paying (as opposed to taking your mate for a flight) - though I have never bothered looking up the actual words - is summarised by:
- If the punter is paying the entire cost of the flight the pilot needs a CPL
- If the aircraft is AOC then it can be a "pleasure flight"
- If the aircraft is not AOC is can only be done as a trial lesson "leading to the issue of a licence" and the pilot needs an FI rating in addition to a CPL
Usually either lesson 3 (Air Experience) or 4(i) (Effects of Controls) is given - depending on whether the customer wants to fly the aeroplane / is intending to start a PPL, or not.
If the aircraft is not under AOC and the pilot does not have a CPL and FI then the
pilot must pay their share of the flight.
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