Ownership and passengers

Dave Butler wrote
Angel Flight and its cousins are special. much snipped
What it says, basically, is that if a person takes a charitable tax
deduction for the costs associated with the operation that does not
constitute a for hire or compensation operation.

Well, that's fine. But supposing you didn't even take a tax
deduction.

The point remains that Angel Flight and similar operations are
providing both pilot and aircraft, for point-to-point on-demand
flights, day and night, VFR and IFR. And it's all legal, without need
for waivers of any kind - because no money is changing hands.
Therefore, all the nonsense about needing a common purpose even if
costs are not shared is just that - nonsense.

The stuff you posted merely tells the inspectors that whatever their
personal opinion on the issue might be, they are NOT to treat the tax
deduction as money changing hands.

Michael