Flying for company on a PPL

[C172]

Hi,

I work for a small engineering company that owns a Cessna 172.

In the past, they have employed a pilot with only a PPL to fly the plane to carry passengers and/or cargo to the other office locations. The pilot was employed by the company as an engineer, was not paid anything extra to fly, flew on company time, and was not charged for any of the aircraft expenses (the employer paid for fuel, maintenance, etc.)

I have my PPL and they would like me to fly under the same arrangements.

Is this legal?

And, this is in Australia, so it's CASA, not the FAA...

Thanks.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Well, you do need 250 hours total and the required cross-countries, etc, as well as to take the test. But it would simplify this situation!

But yes, why not have a sticky post about it? (Or if someone wants to write-up a good objective overview, I will add it to my flying information page and have them as the author and we can link. Or just keep picking at it in usual PoA fashion :emoji846