We don't pay our tow pilots.
And how can you "pro rata" for one?
BT

"sisu1a" wrote in message
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I seem to recall being told the FAA had exempted towing gliders from
the need for a commercial license as long as no monetary compensation
is received by the private pilot tow pilot. Is this still true or is
flight time alone considered compensation as it is in the rest of the
powered flight realm?

Umm, where do you fly? I want to get in on this non-compensation-for-
tows deal... It's perfectly legal if a private does it for free
(towing flight time is not compensation, neither is charging up to the
pro-rata share of direct expenses for that matter...), but who the
hell does that? And where?

-Paul