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Originally Posted by Sidious  Ive got a commerical pilots certificate and I have contracts with 3 families to fly them around the state in there own aircraft. They came to me. Do I need to operate under 135 since it is "on-demand"? |
tgrayson had this right. If you are flying them in their own aircraft,the whole private vs public carriage issue doesn't even come up. All you are doing is providing services as a pilot. It doesn't matter whether they came to you or you came to them or even of you put an advertisement on a billboard.
The whole private vs public carriage, the whole "holding out" thing, and the need for a Part 135 operating certificate only comes up when you (or someone connected with you) provides the aircraft.
Part of the key is understanding the difference between a =pilot= certificate and an =operating= certificate. A commercial =pilot= certificate is required for someone to be compensated for piloting (the pilot, not the airplane). An operating certificate us required for public services for the carriage or persons or property for hire, which typically involves providing an airplane and a pilot to fly it.