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Originally Posted by SteveC  You're not following along. In the case you cite, the King Air is doing flying for only one client, the university. Not 400 different clients. Different animal than is being discussed here |
OK that was a bad example. Lets say I own a King Air and I have a huge Italian family. If I'm running a little mini charter service, I'm perfectly OK in doing this with just a commercial certificate as long as I'm keep my clientèle strictly within the family. I may be regularly flying and charging 20 or 30 people (or more), but it's all OK just as long as I'm not serving the public. If you have a huge family and a huge set of friends, you probably could make a career out of private carriage.
You ever watch that show The Sopranos? Lets say AJ becomes a commercial pilot. Just about every single character on that show is related to him in some way, either through friendship, family, or business. He could legally take charters from just about any character on that show, as long as he can prove a legitimate connection exists.