How far does cost sharing go?
For example, say Peter says "Alan, my TB20 is stuck in Jersey and I am hard at work, as you are going to be there, can you pick it up for me and drop it in Shoreham, I'll pay for the fuel". (well I can hope can't I
)......
Or say I let Peter fly my aeroplane one day and I pay for the costs...
Are they legal scenarios? I am sure it has happened many times.
Also, say you have a group owned aeroplane and it is Annual time and the aircraft has to go to say Shoreham for maintenance. If the group ask one of the owners to fly the aeroplane but the entire group covers the costs (fuel for example), is this legal? Happens all the time.
How does holding a CPL alter this? In the first instance, as I hold an FAA CPL and Peter is not paying me for my services, then I can't find any reason that this would be illegal, even under Dft rules for foreign registered aeroplanes....?