"Brian" wrote in message
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He also did not specify if he was carrying passengers. It may not have
acutally been a part 135 flight.

We used to do this a lot when transporting prisoners. When actually
transporting the prisoner we would often hire a Private pilot to ride
along as a Guard (required for our operation). The of course could not
fly while carrying the prisoners. However we often had dead head
flights where the Part 135 pilot would take off his Charter Pilot Hat
and put on his Flight Instructor Hat and give the student Dual
instruction on the deadhead portion of the flight. The PP got
inexpensive time in usually complex aircraft this way.

Brian




Dallas wrote:
I realize this is a GA group but I thought some of the guys with a
commercial ticket might be able to answer this question.

I have a friend with a PP-SEL that was coming back on a commuter flight
from the Bahamas in a Cessna 402. He managed to get the right seat and
after chatting with the pilot, he was allowed to fly the aircraft.

Are there any regulations specifically precluding a pilot from doing this
or is it at the pilot's discretion?


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Dallas


Brian that would be completely legal and is pretty close to how I have 1
hour of Metroliner dual time in my log book but I think it is safe to infer
from the OP that this wasn't such a case.