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Questions about 135.243

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Can someone please enlighten me on far 135.243? As I read it if I have a commercial pilots license and 50o hours then after obtaining a commercial operators certificate then I could fly a charter in something like a 206? And do the hour requirements only apply to the airplanes that Meet these criteria "turbojet airplane, of an airplane having a passenger-seat configuration, excluding each crewmember seat, of 10 seats or more, or of a multiengine airplane in a commuter operation as defined in part 119 of this chapter"

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  1. Wes Beard on Aug 23, 2013

    To fly ASEL airplanes VFR you need 500 hrs total time as well as the rest of the hours in (b). most 135 operators won’t hire you unless you already meet the hour requirements for VFR or IFR depending on their operation.

    To fly jets or aircraft with more than ten passengers you are required to hold an ATP certificate.

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  2. Matthew Waugh on Aug 24, 2013

    Wes addresses getting employed, the poster mentioned “obtaining a commercial operators certificate” – just FYI that’s not as easy as I think you’re hoping.

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  3. Ops-center on Aug 24, 2013

    Thanks, I’m under no illusion that it’s easy. Just threw it in there so I would get an actual confirmation on how I read the reg instead of like most other forums where I’ll just get a hundred people telling me you’ll never get a job at 500 instead of addressing the actual subject.

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  4. Mark Kolber on Aug 25, 2013

    I’m not sure I really understand the question. It sounds like you’re trying to read the section as though it were one long sentence. 135.243 includes 3 distinct sets of airplane pilot requirements: (a) requirements for Part 135 turbojet, multi, or >10 passenger seat aircraft operations (which has nothing to do with a Cessna 206); (b) pilots for other Part 135 VFR ops; and (c) pilots for other Part 135 IFR ops.

    And to return to Matt’s question, are you talking about being a pilot for an existing Part 135 operation or trying to start your own charter business and applying for a Part 135 certificate? Sometimes it sounds like you are asking about being hired; at other times about going through the process of obtains an operating certificate.

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