You are reading something into the regulations which they do
not say.

61.69 clearly says that private pilots, subject to certain
requirements for training and experience, may tow gliders.
The issue of compensation is not addressed at all in this part.

61.113 (a) lays out the general prohibitions against private
pilots flying for compensation, subject to the exceptions
laid out in paragraphs (b) through (g). Read the plain
language for what it says. Towing is one of the exceptions
to 61.113(a) which only discusses piloting for compensation.

If a private pilot could not be paid for towing, there would
be no need whatsoever for paragraph (g). It would be
excluded by 61.113(a).

FAA inspectors are bound by the language, not whether they
agree with or like the regulation.

Pete Brown


BTIZ wrote:
"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message

1) The wording in § 61.113(g) is quite clear and allows a
private pilot to tow for compensation.


no it is not clear... and that is the issue...

61.113(a) says a private pilot cannot act as PIC nor receive compensation
except as provided in (b) through (g)
(b) through (f) cover various circumstances when a private pilot may share
pro rata expenses, be reimbursed for cost, fly as PIC for charity events
etc, and fly as "incidental" to a business, but it never says he can be paid
to be a pilot.
(g) says he can be PIC for towing, it does not say he can get paid to do it.

Sooo... (a) says he cannot be PIC of an aircraft carrying passengers or
cargo except for (g), and (g) says he can be PIC for towing, it does not say
he can be compensated.

I've heard these comments about Mr Lynch in the past, and if his information
is so bad, then why does the FAA keep updating it on their official gov web
page?



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