Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
What do you mean by rules? In a legal sense, or an unwritten rule? It does seem complete madness to me.
As a PPL I would not accept payment for any kind of flight. It is outside of the rules of my licence. You might offer to buy me a coffee at the destination airfield, and that's ok, but holding yourself out as someone who is available to hire for flights is a no no and needs to be respected.

If Ibbotson had flown without remuneration then we would not be discussing his rating.