"Dude" wrote in message
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I am not. Is there a specific rule that says that because someone on the
plane is getting paid to go somewhere that it is now a 135 operation?

You are correct -- there is no such rule. In fact, you could could pay a
flight instructor to come along in an airplane you own and it is not a
commercial operation. Even if the instructor acts as PIC, he need only have
a third class medical in fact; a second class medical is not required for
flight instruction.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

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