I guess I was trying to draw a distinction between friends/family members who have a bit of knowledge of their friend/relative pilot and may have a bit more knowledge of their experience/currency/general professionalism in order to assist them with deciding if they are going to go flying with Uncle Dave on the weekend.
- VS -
Mum/Dad with sick kid who needs to fly for treatment, with kindly Pilot Dave whom they don't know from a bar of soap but would expect to be suitably experienced for the task.
I do NOT cast aspersions on the brilliant and generous Angel Flight pilots who do a fantastic job for a wonderful organisation. I'm talking about the fact that a higher quality of pilot is required to undertake this operation than the minimums currently demand - as would be expected by their (undoubtedly grateful) "passengers".