Not-For-Profit vs For Profit; Fly For Free or Bring Home Some Bacon?
I agree wholeheartedly that no commercial pilot should fly for free for a business. I do not cast stones however at a pilot who offers his or her services for free to true not-for-profit organisations.
If, for example, a skydiving club is truly a club and they are not making any profit then I believe that it is acceptable for a pilot to participate as a member of the club and fly for free. If however anybody in that organisation is making money (ie skydiving instructors, aircraft owners etc) then the pilot should be making money (even if it is only in accordance with the legal minimum - the Award).
Towing gliders on the side; same deal: if nobody is making money then fine, volunteer but if anybody else is cashing up then the pilot is a scab for working for free.
FRQ CB