Thread: What defines heavy jet time?
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Old 06-23-2007, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
There are different definitions. For FAA certification purposes, a heavy aircraft is anything over 47,000# (or something like that)...so 50 seat RJ's qualify.

For ATC wake seperation, heavy is about what slice said (I thought it was over 255,000# but slice should know).
You only wish an RJ was a "heavy".
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