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Old 7th Oct 2009, 14:25
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Originally Posted by Bigglesthefrog
If the money received did not exceed the total cost of the flight it would not be commercial and therefore no threat to any of the aviation businesses.
Again I think you have too simplistic a view. The definition of a commercial transaction is not dependent on a profit being made.

It appears that you do agree there is a need for legislation. If this is the case then I am sure you can stretch to accepting that there will always be 'peculiarities' and that any legislation will not be perfect. Do you not think that, even if it was deemed appropriate, creating legislation to permit the odd PPL carrying the odd parcel would be nonsensical?

I also wonder what your views would be if you had such a commercial organisation. Try asking those trying to make a living out of transport how they feel about 'cowboys'.
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