Just outta curiosity... Those of you who know the regs better than I:
E-AB cannot be used for compensation or hire. Fair 'nuff.
However, you can pay an instructor to give you flight instruction in your own E-AB aircraft. The key point seems that you cannot charge for the use of the aircraft itself.
I'm thinking of my flying club. Our aircraft are owned by the club, which is a registered non-profit corporation here in California. We have a set of flight instructors who are also members of the club. Our instruction works like this:
E-AB cannot be used for compensation or hire. Fair 'nuff.
However, you can pay an instructor to give you flight instruction in your own E-AB aircraft. The key point seems that you cannot charge for the use of the aircraft itself.
I'm thinking of my flying club. Our aircraft are owned by the club, which is a registered non-profit corporation here in California. We have a set of flight instructors who are also members of the club. Our instruction works like this:
- The individual members pay the instructors directly for the flight instruction - the money doesn't pass through the club.
- We do not charge any manner of flight-time charges or block-time charges for club aircraft. Use of the aircraft is free.
- The only per-flight charge is for glider-tow.
- Members do pay monthly dues, but the amount is always the same and is not related to how much they do or do not use the club's aircraft.
