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135.167 covers extended overwater requirements (beyond 50nm from a shoreline). Just have to carry raft and survival equipment and train on it.
Wrong. You need to be able to reach the nearest shoreline with an engine inoperative. When you only have one engine, well.....it's gliding distance. (PAR 135.183)
A contact in the South Florida FSDO told me they are looking very closely at FLL operators who are flying the Van to the Bahamas. They are not happy about it. Their definition of "gliding distance" seems to be even more than the 14:1 ratio that Cessna claims. When they accept "cross DEKAL at 4,000" they are definitely swimming home if the engine quits.