What Licenses do you need to make a profit with Flights
 

Hello All,

I read somewhere you need more than a PPL to make money on flights so what licenses do you need?

The minimum you need is Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL). The clue is in the name.

How to become a commercial pilot

As Dave has said, to be financially rewarded for flying you must possess a Commercial Pilots Licence. With your PPL you cannot be paid for flying, even if you give somebody a lift somewhere, in that instance you can share costs but cannot be financially rewarded for your "service".

It doesn't have to be an equal share though, just a contribution towards the costs. So you could fly a couple of mates to Inverness from Lands End and pay a pound towards it and your mates pick up the rest. Not sure I have any mates who would be that generous :) but technically you would be within the restrictions of a PPL to do that.

What you could do (dons tin hat) is decide on a project such as retracing a famous solo aviator's route, get sponsorship from a financial company and an aeroplane manufacturer, get TV interested and off you go - solo of course!
In fact there's a lady on the Private Flying thread who's done just that (allegedly).

I don't know about the CAA, but in the US the FAA STRICTLY enforces cost-sharing, which means essentially equal shares, or less reimbursement.

You just have to make a 'contribution' in CAA land. Of course in practice you share equally, but you don't have to.

NRU. That, as you well know, has been exhaustively answered on the thread to which you refer.

You will not find a different answer by asking the question on a different thread.