Can a passenger pay for rental equipment for themselves (eg headset or parachute) in addition to their share of the operating expenses or is that considered compensation.

e.g.

- Occupants = 2
- Hobs cost = \$100
- Headset rental for passenger = \$10

Can they pay either:

- \$50 (Only allowed to split hobs costs)
- \$55 (Allowed to include the headset in the total cost - i.e included as 61.113 (c) rental fees)
- \$60 (half the cost of the hobs + 100% of the headset)