On Sep 11, 9:45*pm, wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

A private pilot by definition is flying for fun.

He can fly for business purposes, within narrow limits. But if he flies for
business, he'll need an instrument rating, or he'll have to accept that he may
not be able to profit from the airplane as often as he'd like.

Very narrow limits or he needs a commercial certificate.

And as far as an instrument rating goes, it depends heavily on where you
are.

--
Jim Pennino

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Do tell me about your perception of narrow limits. Use of a general
aviation airplane for business purposes is pretty much like the use of
a car for business purposes. If your point is, I may not use the
airplane as a for pay taxi, you're quite right. I can't use my car for
that purpose either, I don't have a commercial driving license, nor a
commercial pilot's license, but use both my airplane and my car to
advance my interests. I don't consider those to be 'narrow'
limitations. I suspect most complex singles you see at tower
controlled airports with decent instrument approaches are used as I
use mine. Airplanes based at other airports may conform to your idea
of recreational flying, they bore holes in the sky in in non-
instrument meteorological conditions and don't need the ability to go
somewhere when conditions fall below VFR criteria but are above our
own minimums for IFR.