It has always amused me how hard ham radio operators will look for any conceivable way to interpret anything you please as violating some FCC rule. They can get to be worse than a bunch of Talmudic scholars debating the finer point of some hypothetical question. I see pilots are no different.
It has always amused me how hard ham radio operators will look for any conceivable way to interpret anything you please as violating some FCC rule. They can get to be worse than a bunch of Talmudic scholars debating the finer point of some hypothetical question. I see pilots are no different.
It has always amused me how hard ham radio operators will look for any conceivable way to interpret anything you please as violating some FCC rule. They can get to be worse than a bunch of Talmudic scholars debating the finer point of some hypothetical question. I see pilots are no different.
there was no flight involved... so obviously she's not getting compensated for flying. If somebody gives me a gift certificate for an hour's worth of rental time at the local FBO, is someone going to jail? Of course not. So...
Nope.
It sounds like Kimberly was getting a little frustrated with the continued ways people were trying to find some way in which it could be interpreted as a rule violation. Don't take it personally.
Have your questions been answered now or do you still have doubts?
How it that? The money in her account is hers now. It was a gift.
Well, picking a nit, if she has pax and uses the free time, she is paying less than her pro rata share.
(c) A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
edit: IF the pax pay anything. If no-one pays anything then the pro rata share is zip zero zilch.
No, because once money is gifted it becomes the recipient's money.
Kimberly, I wouldn't worry about this at all. Go spend it on flying. Have a great time!
Kimberly, I wouldn't worry about this at all. Go spend it on flying. Have a great time!
Years ago I had someone gift me some flight time. My stepfather and his friend were arguing about who should pay the bill at a restaurant. My stepfather ended up paying but his friend turned around and handed me the money he had been pushing at my stepfather. He told me to go out and use it for flying. I did. I don't remember the exact dollar amount but I think it was enough for an hour or two.
(c) A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees.
Yes, I still have doubt. I am wondering if there is any way that the FAA would consider using money deposited into a flying account to be a violation of (c) above, or the fact that the FAA considers flight time to be compensation if the pilot doesn't pay for it (can't find it in part 61... yet...). But I no longer care because it seems that my simple question, intended to increase my knowledge, has been blown out of proportion. Never mind.
I think you are not understanding the concept that it is not the donor's money any more nor will the donor receive any benefit from the flight that Kimberly takes, with or without passengers.