LH2 wrote:
Just thought the bickering was a bit out of place.
Not quite sure how you managed to read bickering in to what I wrote. I pointed out that in my opinion it seems a bit cheeky, that's all, to charge someone to fly on a journey that is clearly going to be made regardless of that person. If the reason for wanting a second pilot was truly that he get bored flying alone then he could offer a seat for free. If he was saying "I am going to the US to fly around, anybody want to come along" then it would be entirely reasonable to expect to split the costs, again, in my opinion.
As Bose-X says, he has been very up front about what he is offering and what's available, which is admirable and like I also said, he can put it in whatever terms he chooses; no problems there. I explained why I might have been interested or might still be under different terms (hence the post, otherwise I'd agree that it would be better to say nothing).
I've done my fair share of encouraging people to offer spare seats, split costs and and so on; it's a good concept.