FAA Perspective on Compensation

[poadeleted20]

Paul Greer, and attorney in the FAA Chief Counsel's office (and also a CP/CFI) wrote a nice piece on the subject called "Come Fly With Me (But, Let Me Check the Rules before You Pay Me)" in the Sept/Oct issue of FAA Safety Briefing (formerly FAA Aviation News). It gives some good insight into the FAA's thinking on the issues often discussed here.

http://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/2010/media/SepOct2010.pdf

 

[Jim Logajan]

Neither the phrase or concept of "common purpose" appears anywhere in the regulations. This is a concept invented by prosecutors that they managed to convince judges to accept.

The FAA also has a meaning for "compensation" that I'm sure the IRS would love to have. Why one segment of government is allowed to have an expansive definition and another is not is curious indeed.