Shane BCP

Hello everyone,

The CEO I work for is interested in taking a King Air or Cirrus SR22 on 5/23/23 from John C Tune (JWN) Nashville, TN Airport to Middle Georgia Regional (MCN) Macon, GA Airport. He wants to depart at 2pm and land by 5pm on May 23 and wants to depart at 9:30pm and arrive back in Tennessee by 10:30pm same day. If you are a private pilot for hire in the area please PM me. If this post is against the rules please delete!

Thank you!

rickair7777

The post isn't against the rules but hiring a Private Pilot is actually illegal... they cannot fly for money. You'll be looking for a part 135 charter operation, flown by commercial pilots.

Brickfire

Also does your ceo understand the dramatic difference in size and cost between those two aircraft?

OscarRomeo

When I flew corporate I used to love (not) getting asked “ever thought about going commercial?” Now that I’m 121 that’s been replaced with “what route do you fly?”

JohnBurke

Shane, a private pilot cannot fly for compensation or hire. I believe you're not asking about the private pilot, but an individual pilot; in this case a pilot with a commercial pilot certificate.

Unfortunately, while a commercially-certificated pilot can do the trip and be compensated, the FAA also has regulations that govern providing services to the public; providing both an aircraft and one's self as pilot is very problematic. A commercial pilot may fly the airplane if you provide it, but you run into a host of insurance, regulatory, and other issues along the way.

Providing services to take persons or property for hire from A to B generally falls under a charter operation, also called a Part 135 operation; as noted above, you'd need to contact a local charter operator for that flight. It will likely be expensive. Charter operators are required to abide strict maintenance regulations, maintain a full set of manuals and certifications and be issued their own regulations by the FAA, and have an FAA inspector assigned to them as oversight. All their pilots have strict training and checking requirements and timelines, and they're also restricted to the amount of time and duty (availability) they can provide each day. They're also required to carry insurance, maintain a drug screening program, etc. It all costs money, and consequently charters can be expensive.

If a private pilot makes that trip and is compensated in any way, including buying him or her lunch, or simply the pilot writing the time in his or her logbook, it's an illegal act and can bring fines and pilot certification actions, up to and including suspension of that pilots certificate. The FAA does not want unqualified or inexperienced, or otherwise unprepared pilots, aircraft, or operations moving the public, as the FAA has a responsibility oversee safety of all aviation operations.

What you're proposing would easily fall within the legal duty day for a charter, but it's something you'll have to contact a charter operation and arrange.

Shane BCP

Thank you for the replies and clarification!

hopp

Shane, I suggest you try
https://forums.*************.com/forum.php

They have listings of well qualified contract pilots that can conduct the kind of flying you are looking for,

Dubh

You need a charter operator.
A simple search on airbag.com found these guys in close proximity:
https://www.flyjetaccess.com/fbo-loc...e-airport-xnx/

That would be a good place to start your search as far as equipment, pricing, availability, etc
Whatever you do, do not use a broker. They’re evil scum.

hawkersaurus

https://www.aircharterguide.com/list...operators=true

Joachim

By “private pilot” do you mean a private pilot license holder or a commercial pilot that accepts private clients?