Originally Posted by
tom11011
On what basis would the feds reject it? I'm not sure any rules are being broken, the feds have issued the 135 certificate right?
I didn't suggest it wouldn't be approved I just hope for the sake of the regional industry as a whole it isn't.
However, a scheduled airline operating turbine powered aircraft usually operates under part 121. I could see an operator removing 5 seats on a 55 seat aircraft to avoid the need for a second flight attendant for example, but changing the configuration to qualify for different operating certificate may raise some eyebrows.
I guess we'll soon find out.