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Renting issues

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so before I go flying I want to check on something. If I want to fly a friend of mine to another city to take his check ride, but he pays 100% of the rental cost and I'm just flying because I wanted to. What are the rules behind this? I have read 61.113 and am looking for clarification. He is in no way paying me or hiring me for this trip. 

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Feb 04, 2016

    You mentioned 61.113, which leads me to believe you only have a Private certificate. If this is the case, then the flight would not be allowed. The FAA has consistently held that accrual of flight time is considered to be compensation.

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  2. Mark Kolber on Feb 04, 2016

    May I ask a question? Why are you flying him to his checkride? Most applicants fly =themselves= to their checkrides.

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  3. BJ Miller on Feb 05, 2016

    I don’t see any gray area here. The FAA would most definitely see this as compensation.

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