RPTR CHARGED TO CARRY A PAX FROM A TO B MORE THAN 50 MI APART AND NOT CERTIFICATED UNDER PART 135.

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THE SIT AROSE; THAT ALLOWED ME TO SPLIT EXPENSES FOR A FLT FROM CAMERON PARK; CA TO YREKA; CA IN A B35 BONANZA. I WAS PAID BY A CHK AND USED THAT PLUS MY OWN MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ACFT EXPENSES AND OPERATING COSTS. I FEEL THAT THIS WAS WALKING THE FENCE BTWN PART 91 AND 135. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: OF COURSE THERE WAS 2 SIDES OF THE STORY. THE RPTR STATED HIS BOSS HAD A FRIEND WHO WANTED TO GO TO YREKA FROM CAMERON PARK AND KNEW THAT HIS EMPLOYEE HAD A PLTS LICENSE AND WOULD ENJOY FLYING THE PERSON TO YREKA AND THEY COULD SHARE THE COST OF THE RENTAL ON THE AIRPLANE. SO THE RPTR RENTED THE AIRPLANE AND GOT A CHK FOR A PORTION OF THE RENTAL COST. THE PAX CONSEQUENTLY WENT TO A CHARTER OPERATOR AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE RATES OF THE CHARTER OPERATOR AND THAT HE WENT IN THE PAST AT THIS FRACTION OF A COST THE CHARTER OPERATOR WAS CHARGING. THE FAA CITED THE PLT UNDER PART 91.13 FOR CARELESS AND RECKLESS OP OF AN AIRPLANE; AND SUSPENDED HIS LICENSE FOR 90 DAYS. THE RPTR IS NOW WORKING FOR A PART 135 OPERATOR AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WORK AS A PLT FOR 90 DAYS.