Chief pilot question

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Sat May 12, 2007 2:10 pm

In days of yore, you did need an ATPL for an IFR operation, and obviously 1500 hours. But no bullshit about the last three years. What conceivable difference could that make? It didn't matter whether your time was multi or single.

Hey Ogee,

Back in the day's of yore (now I'm gonna have that word stuck in my head all week

) the 3 years was in the same class of commercial air service. They were quite firm about it then two. To wit: they didn't want some bonehead walking in who understood squat about the operating environment, or your business in particular. One of the genuine plusses was that generally it meant promotion from within rather than the owner's uncle's brother's cousin's next door neighbor's kid.

Ogee · Post by **Ogee** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:32 pm

I don't remember the time frames, but I think I'm taling about even the days before the days of yore. I remember a time when there was no three years, at least under 12,500.

Yore's truly

Ogee

pushyboss · Post by **pushyboss** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:08 am

If you meet the qualifications as stated you should be approved. However remember if the POI has a differing opinion on whether you should be approved they'll make the interview difficult and because the interview process is subjective, they'll claim that you did not meet the "knowledge" requirements.

bluenote · Post by **bluenote** » Mon May 21, 2007 1:26 pm

If you have a one airplane float operation such as a lake amphibian aircraft what are the requirements for the chief pilot. The operation is a day vfr only operation.

Ogee · Post by **Ogee** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:20 pm

The requirements are 500 hours as pilot in command, plus 250 hours as pilot in command of the category of aircraft being operated within the last three years.

So, you have 500 hours, and 120 instructing on a 172 and 160 flying a 182 on wheels in the last three years. You meet all the requirements of the law as it is literally stated, but you probably won't qualify because you don't have 250 hours float time in the last three years.

The CAR doesn't remotely say that, but that's the situation you are facing.

All of this should be a huge embarassment to the Minister of Transport, but he probably doesn't even know this is going on.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:30 pm

The CAR doesn't remotely say that, but that's the situation you are facing.

All of this should be a huge embarassment to the Minister of Transport, but he probably doesn't even know this is going on.

AAhh yes, the subjective world of aviation and dealing with TC.

Its who you know and what they think of you.

You could be dummer than a sack full of hammers and be approved, on the other hand you could have centuries of flying behind you and not get approved.