Fair Share

Who says you have to pay for your kids?
Let your friends pay for them :-)

I've never heard of anybody getting officially questioned about this,
anybody else?

Dave
Jon Kraus wrote:
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so by taking the kids along, I can collect 80% instead of just 66%.

Yea and in the process screw yourself because you would be covering your
kids share. I never include kids in the "pay your fair share"
calculation. :-)

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ

wrote:

I've never heard of anybody getting officially questioned about this,
anybody else?

I see two aspects to the questions; on the one hand, the
aspect already discussed in this thread of keeping the FAA
happy, and on the other hand, etiquette; I have been
a little peeved (once or twice :-) by passengers who
agree on sharing the cost of a flight, but don't quite
grasp that their SO or buddies should count as full shares
(but I digress)

--Sylvain

I don't have to pay for the kids. The rule says that "[a] private pilot
may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a
flight with passengers [...]" It doesn't say anything about who pays
the rest. As long as I pay 20%, the pax can divide the rest up among
themselves as they like.

If your pax are willing to throw in your kids' part then I'd hold on to
them as my dearest friends. I don't know many folks who would do that...

Like I said it is easier to just divide it up between the adults but to
each his own...

Jon Kraus

Mike Granby wrote:

I don't have to pay for the kids. The rule says that "[a] private pilot
may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a
flight with passengers [...]" It doesn't say anything about who pays
the rest. As long as I pay 20%, the pax can divide the rest up among
themselves as they like.

Well, since I'm covering all the non-direct costs that Part 61 won't
let me claim back...

Just tell them how much it cost and that you'll take whatever they
think is fair. You'll almost always come out ahead that way. Just
don't give receipts and accept only cash.


I flew to a fly-in today with my two sons (aged 1 and 2) and two adult
coworkers. My buddies want to pay their fair share, but as I private
pilot I am obviously limited under FAR 61.118 as to what I can accept.
So, what share of the direct costs should I take from each coworker?
33%? 20%? Or their weight divided by the total weight of all pax?

Point taken...

Jon Kraus

Mike Granby wrote:

Well, since I'm covering all the non-direct costs that Part 61 won't
let me claim back...

You could try the BS the Pax technique
Pax know zip, so
Tell them the aircraft costs $600 per hour to operate,
They each dutifully pay their third,
You say thanks, and now you have two good and true citizens who will
vouch that they each paid one third

And that advice only cost you 10% - you're making money everywhere

Tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE


In article .com,
"Mike Granby" wrote:

I flew to a fly-in today with my two sons (aged 1 and 2) and two adult
coworkers. My buddies want to pay their fair share, but as I private
pilot I am obviously limited under FAR 61.118 as to what I can accept.
So, what share of the direct costs should I take from each coworker?
33%? 20%? Or their weight divided by the total weight of all pax?