Old 03-27-2007 | 03:24 PM
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theskyisclear
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Default level of safety?

Originally Posted by de727ups
"flying alone and get like the military guys"

So are single seat fighter pilots unsafe, too?

"135 there is always hurry to get going and all is rushed and that is not the way of working in 121"

I don't know where you work (where DO you work?) but there is a schedule to keep everywhere. 121, 135, doesn't matter. Are you saying 121 can't be rushed? That's nonsense.

"In 135 the operational interest is sometimes more important that being the safest..."In 121 the safety is number one".

Level of safety is a personal responsibility and corporate culture, not what reg you are working under. I guess we could debate that there are some regs under 121 that are more stringent than 135. Maybe some 135 regs are more stringent, too, in some areas (max duty day, min rest?). But to condem 135 (and single seat fighters) as unsafe goes pretty far overboard if you ask me. I guess flying over Bosnia in an F16 was kinda unsafe, but that's the nature of the beast.

135 flying is a challenge. How safe you make it depends a lot on the individual and the company you work for. If you don't like the weather or shape the airplane is in, you need to say so. Again, the experience of flying 135 freight is a seasoning process everyone should go through before reaching the shiny jet. That would make the world a better place and make RJ Capts rest easier.


well I was flying 135 already back in 1998 and I know very well the nature of it. Nothing you answered to my posting is any news and much is even trying to make up things like if I had said "military or 135 pilost are unsafe"

What is all that about safety being a personal thing? that is no news, but the companies (meaning management, you know, the DO, CEO and all the guys looking at the green numbers)can also be more or less safety minded.

There is nothing more educating than flying in hard weather and being abused and exploated by the 135 management so I can agree that every pilot should experience 135 before going to the 121 ops. It will make them apreaciate the regionals much more..................and for sure be more prepared to handle any situation.

Last edited by theskyisclear; 03-27-2007 at 03:58 PM.
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