rthompsonjr

Ok so I have an interview coming up with a 135 Charter and Air Ambulance company and have a couple of basic 135 questions as most of my knowledge is of 121 ops.

Typically do 135 flight crews do flight planning and filing or is a dispatcher required like 121?

Do most 135 operations have plates in the planes or do pilots still lug around the 40 pound flight case?


Typically how does pay in the long run (i.e. after upgrading) compare to airline pay or fractional pay?

I realize that 135 alot of these answers vary from company to company but I'm just trying to get a general idea.

Thanks.

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Ziggy

The 135 world is alot more self-reliant than the 121. You will file flight plans, check weather, order fuel, load baggage, perform safety briefs, and see to the pax comfort. Charts, depends on the company. Some make you buy and lug them around. Others stock them in the plane and have you perform the revisions. Pay is what you can negotiate. Various publications do come out with an annual salary survey.
In all I love the interact I have with the pax and the various flight ops. But this job is not the faint of heart.

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Ewfflyer

135 companies are as individual as you can get with every aspect. There are some that have dispatchers that take care of most of that, but honestly if I ever did work for one of those, I might do a lot of double-checking anyways.

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