Para Dropping & Pay in GA

[aseanaero]

Hypothetical

Let's assume we have a law abiding, well run and safe skydiving op in all ways except that the owner or club committee decides to ignore the law and pays award wages to a new CPL because they think that's the right thing to do.

Tax records , copies of pay slips etc. are also kept.

For whatever reason CASA comes along and says that paying the pilot is in breach of the APF and CASA regulations as the pilot is working for hire or reward under a private operation.

Then what happens ?

While everyone likes to get recognised and rewarded for their efforts , education and training at the moment paying pilots in skydiving ops is against the law.

If a PPL was caught selling joy flights to his mates and friends and making a profit and he got nailed for it nobody would feel sorry for him as it is clearly against the regulations.

Here we have have another situation in skydiving ops in which a pilot cannot receive reward or compensation in a 'private club operation' .

Most of the posts on this thread continue to ignore this fact. The award doesn't apply to 'private' operations, and if you get paid you the pilot are in breach of the regs.

Pilots getting paid and not getting paid is partly also the result of confusion over what the law really is in respect of pilots in these operations , not just greed by the operator or club.




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