Originally Posted by
joepilot
FAR 135.100 requires a second-in-command pilot for operations under IFR. FAR 135.105 provides an exemption for single pilot operation if there is an operable autopilot and the company jumps thru a few hoops.
If the aircraft dispatches with the autopilot inop, then the regulations require the second pilot, and that particular SIC time would be loggable for all purposes, including qualifying for the ATP.
Joe
The autopilots are deferrable for single pilot cargo operations, no SIC required with the exception of Canadian operations. Jetlife has no insider information, only outdated and second hand info. He left a now extinct base years ago. The company was sold and management has virtually flipped. Funny thing is, the guy I thought he was really mad at left earlier this year.