he pilot didn't "charge" anything. No money changed hands. He didn't even give the guy a chance to pull his wallet out..."It doesn't matter" and he turned around. Nice how we can just take things out of context and crucify this guy for volunteering his time and skill. Found this post over on liveleak:

It's good to know Mr. and Mrs. Brown actually enjoyed playing cards with the Bartons that Sunday evening. I'm glad they included that sentence, because I was kinda wondering.