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Re:Uber-Style Flight-Sharing Service Shot Down by U.S. Court by pc86 on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:44AM (#10771250)
250h is not a lot of time for a CPL. You only need 40 for a PPL. Once you have a PPL, you're really only talking about another $27,000 or so in rentals, plus the check ride.

My current instructor had almost 100 hours of solo time before he went for his PPL check ride, specifically because he understood how dangerous it was, and he wanted to know he was ready before bringing his friends up in the air.

If you want to make the argument that the FAA should revisit the Part 119 Air Carrier Certificate requirement for CPLs, I don't see a problem with that, but I do see a lot of issues with letting a 60-hour PPL fly a family of three across the country.

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Re:Uber-Style Flight-Sharing Service Shot Down by U.S. Court by chinathrow on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:51AM (#10771284)
No, I am not making this argument, but I think I should have quoted "simple" - as I see some downvotes now.

I just wanted to explain that it's not only flight time regulations but a lot more you need to complete to get a CPL (oh and we didn't even mention the medical yet) _and_ to fly commercially.

A CPL is not enough to fly commercially. It's always a CPL/ATPL and an airworthyness certificate of the operator. But I think you know that :)

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Re:Uber-Style Flight-Sharing Service Shot Down by U.S. Court by chinathrow on Monday December 21, 2015 @02:46PM (#10772988)
Oh and of course you need an AOC too, forgot about that:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_operator%27s_certificate

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