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KLB said:
AMF has an exemption to fly more than 7500 lbs. They've had it for years. The brasilia already can/does fly more than 7500lbs.
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6000 is the normal 135 limit, and the exemption allowed them to go to 7500, is what I remember. I suppose it could be higher, you know for sure it is? But I can't look it up since I don't have my books anymore (thank god).

Regardless, with as much trouble as they had finding places to fly the E120s, who on Earth would they fly CRJs for
 
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KSCessnaDriver said:
6000 is the normal 135 limit, and the exemption allowed them to go to 7500, is what I remember. I suppose it could be higher, you know for sure it is? But I can't look it up since I don't have my books anymore (thank god).

Regardless, with as much trouble as they had finding places to fly the E120s, who on Earth would they fly CRJs for
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I had to look it up, since I haven't needed to know in a long time, but part 119 does say 6000lbs. Some reason I thought it was 7500.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
6000 is the normal 135 limit, and the exemption allowed them to go to 7500, is what I remember. I suppose it could be higher, you know for sure it is? But I can't look it up since I don't have my books anymore (thank god).

Regardless, with as much trouble as they had finding places to fly the E120s, who on Earth would they fly CRJs for
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I could be wrong. It's been a while as AMF is moving further and further in my review mirror.

@UAL747400 ?
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
6000 is the normal 135 limit, and the exemption allowed them to go to 7500, is what I remember. I suppose it could be higher, you know for sure it is? But I can't look it up since I don't have my books anymore (thank god).

Regardless, with as much trouble as they had finding places to fly the E120s, who on Earth would they fly CRJs for
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Some light reading material. The answer is buried in this:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2006-02-07/html/06-1087.htm
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
6000 is the normal 135 limit, and the exemption allowed them to go to 7500, is what I remember. I suppose it could be higher, you know for sure it is? But I can't look it up since I don't have my books anymore (thank god).

Regardless, with as much trouble as they had finding places to fly the E120s, who on Earth would they fly CRJs for
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Where did you go!?
 
KLB said:
http://www.aviationtoday.com/mobile/getitem.php?item=4131

The thing that I noticed about the exemption is that it's open ended. It just states that AMF can carry more than 7500lbs. It's not exclusive to the bro and it doesn't specify how much over 7500lbs they can carry. The actual language of the document is pretty open ended.
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Did you read the exemption you posted? It says that it's limited to the emb-120er and it's limited to 633lbs.
 
z987k said:
Did you read the exemption you posted? It says that it's limited to the emb-120er and it's limited to 633lbs.
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Yes I did, but I don't recall the exact language being in the document the company had on the matter. I recall it being different. But what do know. Like I said earlier, AMF is way in my review mirror.

I do recall the brasilia being able to go a very short distance at max weight...maybe an hour worth of flying.
 
z987k said:
Seriously? 30,000lbs on a 135 cert when it's supposed to be 8,500? If I were a 121 cargo outfit, I'd be screaming bloody murder. It costs more to do things 121 and that is a massive competitive advantage.
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Just read the one that was handed to us in class. It allows us to go above 7500, on the Brasilia only it seems. We would need to get another exemption if they buy another aircraft type. I don't know where I got that 30000 pound number. Maybe that's the FedEx limit for feeder/supplemental carriers. I don't know.

Part of the exemption requires compliance with a bunch of 121 regs, mostly regarding maintenence, so I'm not sure we're operating cheaper than Skywest
 
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