CASS for flight followers

[Aeroscout840]

According to my HR dept. Flight Followers are not allowed in the CASS program.

Question: If a flight follower has a valid Aircraft Dispatcher cert. are they also eliminated from CASS? If so is this an ARINC rule? an FAA rule? Has anyone dealt with this before?

 

[manniax]

Depends what the job entails. Dispatchers are allowed in the CASS system because they are required to perform jumpseat observation every year and share operational control with the PIC. A flight follower for a 135 operation isn't required to jumpseat, and doesn't share operational control. It's an FAA rule I believe. For example, if I was working at my current airline in some position other than dispatch such as crew scheduling, I wouldn't get in the CASS system just because I have a dispatcher certificate.