Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
As a private car owner/driver I'm allowed to "car share". However, I'm not allowed to advertise my "services" and would need to be very careful about not contravening the terms and conditions of my insurance. I wonder who insures these "Wingly Warriors" and what happens in the aftermath of an accident.
This has already been widely discussed. Cost sharing is permitted in CAA and EASA land. The only debate here is about the channel that puts pilots and riders in touch with each other:
Is a friend from the flying club OK? (If I meet someone from my flying club in the bar and we agree to fly to L2K together and share the costs, why is that different from the same friend seeing that I'm planning to do the flight on Wingly and deciding to join me?).
A non pilot friend?
A friend of a non pilot friend?
Someone you meet at the pub?
Someone who answers a Wingly or Skyuber post?
As things stand, all of the above are OK PROVIDED:
1. The pilot was going to a destination anyway and all those cost sharing are just "along for the ride".
2. The costs are shared according to CAA / EASA rules
Most of the criticisms of this are based on the possibility that someone MIGHT break the rules. Well, if they do, they should be hauled over the coals for doing so.
But if they have followed the rules, which are quite clear, there should not be any problem.