Correct

Much has changed since I started my certificate.

Thanks Keileen! Glad the CAP has been good for you!

Pretty much

I use my CPL for my own stuff- aerial video and photography for my own clients.

@@TakingOff do you actually need a CPL to rig cameras to the plane and then charge for the results? Or is a PPL sufficient? I mean ... look how many people post videos here on YT of themselves throughout their training, even before they have their full PPL cert, and they earn money from these videos from YT, right? Is a PPL cert sufficient to get paid to fly aircraft that do aerial surveys using photographic and other equipment? Or does this require a CPL? What about if there's a person aboard who's using the equipment? There seems to be this issue with "who owns the plane?" that nobody wants to discuss. A CPL lets you fly a plane owned by an outfit that takes up skydivers. But what if YOU own the plane? This is more like rideshare -- can you rent your plane and yourself out to the skydiving school the way you rent yourself and your car out to Uber / Lyft? What are the applicable issues? (Rideshare was a mess until measures were put in place requiring the rideshare companies to provide blanket liability policies when a driver was responding to a call and then had riders in the car. Are there similar differences with aircraft insurance?) It's like you said in the video, most people think that a CPL means you can fly for a big airline, but that's incorrect. If you scratch just below the surface, in MY mind, I (perhaps naively) think, "a CPL means I can charge people to let me fly them around in MY plane" (assuming I owned one), but all I hear is, "uuuhhhh ... weeeeeellll .... nooooo .... not really." Or what about if it's a RENTED plane? There does seem to be an exception for non-stop flights w/in a 25-mile radius of a single airport, and those cases usually employ helicopters. You explained about the airlines misconception, but I've not had any luck in finding anybody discuss the latter viewpoints and what THEY require or imply. I'd love it if you could shed some light on this angle. It seems nobody talks about this. Just, "go to work as a pilot for a company that handles all of this other stuff".

There’s some FSDO precedence establishing KZfaqrs making money from the Channel not the flight. You need a CPL to fly a commercial mission, it’s not about the plane at this level- it’s about the mission. And being compensated for taking people or cargo is a whole nuther thing with bunch of different rules.

​@@TakingOff That's what I'd like to hear more about ... all of the different rules and how to make sense of them. When you say, "it's about the mission" it seems to imply you can't take photos or video that might someday be sold -- or does it mean that if you didn't specifically plan with that intent, then you can't ever sell them? It seems like a bit of a minefield. Entrepreneurialism is often about making do with what you've got, as well as being somewhat of an opportunist. How does that interact with flying? The simplest case is, "person A has a plane, person B wants to fly somewhere or just do something in the air and is willing to pay" ... is a 100-page FAQ needed to break down every possible scenario? Or is most of it covered in the CPL training? Sorry if this seems silly, but I'm just getting familiar with things needed for my PPL. All roads seem to lead to becoming a major airline pilot. My age says I'm too old for that, but my mind is tossing around other ideas. :)

⁠@@TheSchwartzIsWithYouTodaywe do cover some of that in a different video with an aviation attorney. I’ll try and find the link.

Give your buddy a camera and say he’s a photographer

I was sitting right seat (SIC) flying instrument cargo at 750 hours.

I was talking about single pilot operations@@CommercialPIC