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From: bart@ucbvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Shared costs of flying
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Date: Tue, 7-Jun-83 12:49:30 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  7 12:49:30 1983
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The FAA, through a number of cases, has determined that "sharing" is
interpretted as "pro rata" sharing (i.e., equal!).  I had a long set
of correspondances with John Yodice (AOPA's Washington Counsel) about
this and he said the court rulings were very specific about this.  The
pilot must pay his/her EQUAL share.  Definitely a bummer.

Also, you have to be somewhat careful about how you "advertise" for
sharing a flight.  One case that was given as a legal and proper ex-
ample was a student putting a note on a ride board for a flight home
or vacation.  (I've always considered "msgs" as a bulletin board.)

The main point is "Am I doing something that is the proper domain of a
Part 135 Operator?".  As an open question, what do you do, when you
take a bunch of friends flying, sightseeing, and maybe for dinner (they
can pay for the dinner!), and they insist(!) that they had such a wonderful
time thhat they want to pick up the tab.  Do you look nervously around and
mumble "oh, no!  FAA will get me."?
						--bart miller
						  u.c. berkeley
						  bart@berkeley
						  ucbvax!bart