Question: One of my friends is working to raise money for a charity. She wants to offer an airplane ride as a prize to one of the donors and has asked me to be the pilot in command. If am a private pilot, then how many hours of flight time would I need to have logged in order to act as pilot in command on this flight?
Answer: According to FAR Part 91.146, in this situation a private pilot would need to have logged at least 500 hours of flight time in order to act as pilot in command.
