PPL Privileges and Carrying of Passengers

[Mooney Fan]

I'm wallowing around in the grey area of compensation for hire and wan't to avoid any issues. I don't have a commercial rating but my friend needs to attend a business function and asked if we could fly my plane up for it. As long as there is no compensation, and no cost sharing of flight expenses, it would be OK to make the flight with my PPL? Or since he asked, is that considered 'hire' even though nothing of value is exchanged for the flight? Thx in advance for your input

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I would really like to meet the one guy in the FAA that worries that pilots may be getting anything from their friends and/or family in exchange for a flight.

Freakin' ridiculous.

Similar problems created by most attempts to pre-regulate behavior, rather just dealing with the consequences of bad actors after they do something bad. The world is a complex place - very difficult or probably impossible to write a set of regulations that pre-decides everything in advance.