Tony Cox wrote:

"Michael" wrote in message
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No FSDO I know of will issue a banner tow waiver to a pilot who lacks
a commercial certificate, so the point is moot.

What criteria do they use? There's nothing in the FARs about
needing a commercial cert. Sounds like they are denying freedom
of speech. Why can't private pilots tow their own messages
around if they want to? (Playing devil's advocate here).

You are right, you actually don't need a CP cert to get the waiver. But
the FSDO would certainly be interested in having a friendly conversation at
some point during the process regarding what the waiver would be used for.
They would also be very interested to learn that the PP is planning to
engage in actvities involving a sign be towed for hire if they learned
that.