Travel by Private Airplane

• The pilot must be the traveler.
• UMBC faculty, staff and invited guests may use this form of transportation. No student on university travel may use a private airplane as a form of transportation under any circumstance.
• All Travel Pre-Approval rules apply. Reference that section of the Travel Policy.
• The traveler/pilot must have an insurance policy with at least $1,000,000 coverage per accident and at least $300,000 coverage per person up to $1,000,000 total for personal injury.
• The traveler/pilot must show proof that his insurance carrier has acknowledged that they have primary responsibility for payment of claims in case of a loss from university related travel.
• The traveler/pilot will be reimbursed for the calculated ground mileage from point to point, up to a maximum of 200 miles, at the current mileage reimbursement rate.
• If the calculated ground mileage exceeds 200 miles, the traveler/pilot will be reimbursed for the determined cost of a business coach commercial airline ticket for the trip (i.e.-what it would have cost if the traveler had flown to the same place from the same place on a commercial airliner).