Part 135 Chief Pilot Waivers

pittsdriver

pittsdriver

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Has anyone who had less than 3 years part 135 experience successfully gained a waiver from the FAA to be allowed to be a chief pilot without the 3 years experience? Cannot find much info on the process (probably a bad thing)
 
How far away from 3 years are you (or the candidate)?

From my understanding, your POI can allow it if it is within 90 days. Outside of that, the request has to go to the regional office, and that will probably be a negative response. Have the DO talk to the POI about it, he will know for sure.
 
dc3flyer said:
How far away from 3 years are you (or the candidate)?

From my understanding, your POI can allow it if it is within 90 days. Outside of that, the request has to go to the regional office, and that will probably be a negative response. Have the DO talk to the POI about it, he will know for sure.
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And by the time you have the answer, you might have 3 years' experience! :D
 
We called the POI today and she indicated it would have to be sent to FAA Washington for a waiver. I am not sure why the operation needs a CP, they have 2 aircraft, but only fly 4-10 times per month. Only one pilot and will not be adding another one. I asked the owner to consider switching to a single pilot 135 operations, but don't think he wants to do it. IMO for a small operation like this one it is a waste to have Director of Ops & Director of Mx, and a Chief Pilot of one. Anyhow, if he won't change his mind on the single pilot ops, will have to try the waiver process. My 135 experience is less than a year total time, just 2 summers worth of flying boxes a long time ago (about 14 years), plus the way I read the reg is it has to be 3 years in the last 6 years anyhow. Kind of wonder if I am just wasting my time trying to get a waiver, but it pays well with no commute, and keeps me from going to a regional minimum wage job in order to remain current for a better job.
 
The reason you need a CP, and DO is because you want more than one pilot on the certificate. Move to single pilot, get the experience in months, then go back to multi-pilot operation.

Ditto Inverted comment
 
The reason the waiver will never happen is called responsibity, even though it is safe to have a person run a flight department without 135 experience, no one at the FAA wants to allow it. If they give it to you, they have to give it to the next guy, who is less qualified. Sucks, go single pilot. Or higher a paper CP, meets the regs and is paid a little to do the paper work. My last operation had one. Worked great.
 
There is way more precedent for a waiver for one person being the DO & CP in a very small company... happens quite often up here. That being said, I do know of one instance when the 3 years was waived for the CP.
 
The DO used to be the CP too, however lost his medical so only doing the DO role now. Do you know of any of the details of the one that was waived?
 
SFLAX said:
The reason the waiver will never happen is called responsibity, even though it is safe to have a person run a flight department without 135 experience, no one at the FAA wants to allow it. If they give it to you, they have to give it to the next guy, who is less qualified. Sucks, go single pilot. Or higher a paper CP, meets the regs and is paid a little to do the paper work. My last operation had one. Worked great.
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Bingo.
 
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