Single or multipilot operation?

[traveller123]

Hi,

I need some informations about the single or multipilot operations on aircrafts of MTWO 12500 pounds or less.

I already read the ``Personnel Licensing and Training``. http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/r ... 2-1393.htm

But when I read the CAR (704.116) it's write that you need two pilots for fly an aircraft IFR in commercial operations with passengers.


So, If I take a Pilatus, a 172, a Navajo and a King Air and I want to fly them commercialy IFR with passengers. It requires two pilots?

In the other situations (VFR with passengers, IFR with cargo only) those aircrafts can be fly single pilot?

And how the pilots log their hours? It's 50/50 or what? Because at the base it's a single pilot aircraft!

Finally what about a company traveling his staff IFR with his own private aircraft? It's not commercial so I guess it's single pilot?

thanx

[C172Heavy]

All of the aircraft examples you listed can fall under part 703, so for commercial ops they can be flown single pilot. For operations above FL250 you will need two crew as per part 703. For single pilot IFR operations, the standards require a working 2 axis autopilot, chart holder and boom mic, and an operations specification. For private operations any single pilot aircraft is good to go, but you will need 604 approval for jet operations.

Any operation requiring two crew can be logged as PIC / SIC.

Hope that helps..

[Redneck_pilot86]

You can never fly a 172 IFR with paying passengers.

[ScudRunner]

CAR (704.116)

your reading from the book of 704.

So, If I take a Pilatus, a 172, a Navajo and a King Air and I want to fly them commercially IFR with passengers.

None of these aircraft would be operated under 704 operations.

Tonight's home work is to research 702,703,704 and 705

[Redneck_pilot86]

Close .., the Kingair can be 704.

[ScudRunner]

I was going to put in the * by the king air but ya well, what type of king air we talking about 90, 100, 200 B200, B100 ,250, 300, 350. and I am pretty sure my olde 1900D manual said King Air on it to so ya.......................

[flyinthebug]

Close .., the Kingair can be 704.

Bearskin operated their KA`s under 704...but that was over 10 yrs ago that I knew this for a fact. We ran our 100 under 703, but were limited to 9 pax and no requirement for a CVR. The CVR was a big expense, so we stayed 703 with it. I believe Bearskin ran theirs 704 so they could stuff 14 pax in it.
Fly safe all.