Originally Posted by
Dhood84
So why doesn't the FAA legal council yank all the low time guys and violate them? They obviously know about it right? Your logic is holier than thou and just because you have read a few LOI doesn't make you an expert in the matter. Why don't our pilots who are ALL single pilot typed in the EMB-500 get slapped? The OpsSpecs say we need it, it was blessed by the FAA. So until the FAA comes knocking on our doors, which they haven't in the company history, we continue to all log appropriately. Oh and our guys are leaving for places like Delta, United, Virgin, Southwest. Why haven't their hiring boards said anything about logging time in a single pilot airplane? Oh that's right because it's a crewed environment.
DH
Excellent points if I can join this party. The important part on these is the TCDS for the aircraft. Here's the FAA TCDS on crew for the EMB500 (same for 505).
"M
inimum Crew for all Flights (See NOTE 5 for cockpit equipment/arrangement restrictions):
One pilot (in the left pilot seat) plus additional equipment as specified in the Limitations
Section of the FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual
OR
One pilot and one copilot
I believe the "additional equipment" is a boom mic and an Autopilot. If you have those that's fine as you can still fall on the "One pilot and one copilot". If one wanted to get nitpicky, take out the boom mic and you definitely need two pilots.
The airlines are in fact grabbing pilots who go down this road, and if SWA, DAL, and AA don't care, why would anyone else?