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Where do Part 135 pilots go for training?

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This is probably a silly question for the level of professionals on this site, but it seems like a good place to get an answer.

I know that pilots need to get recurrent training, how do Part 135 operations handle that? Do they keep instructors on staff or are pilots sent to schools?

Thanks for indulging my curiosity

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Mar 31, 2020

    D, all of the above.

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  2. KDS on Mar 31, 2020

    It is as Kris wrote. Part 135 operators can run the spectrum of everything imaginable. I remember one 135 operator who was one pilot and one airplane. That airplane was a Cessna 172 that had so much bird poop on the wings from the birds in his hangar that I am surprised it flew. He did not go anywhere for training. He just took his annual 135.293 and 135.297 check from the FAA. At the other end of the spectrum are multi-jet operators. They can do their training and checking in house or pay a 142 operator to do the training and checking for them.

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