Originally Posted by Tpinks

No it doesn't. There are commas, which means it should be read as: no one can be PIC of a turbojet aircraft, no one can be PIC of an airplane having more than 10 passenger seats, no one can be PIC of a multiengine airplane in a commuter operation... without an ATP/typerating/category-class.



If a 135 operator is using a DC-3, you would have to have an ATP, if a 135 is flying a CJ3, you would have to have an ATP, if your flying a Navajo in scheduled commuter operations, you would have to have an ATP.



The intent is for any PIC experience which was performed for a certificated operation and that operation required an ATP certificate for the PIC, that flight time would count towards the 1000hrs.





§ 135.243 Pilot in command qualifications.

(a) No certificate holder may use a person, nor may any person serve, as pilot in command in passenger-carrying operations -



(1) Of a turbojet airplane, of an airplane having a passenger-seat configuration, excluding each crewmember seat, of 10 seats or more, or of a multiengine airplane in a commuter operation as defined in part 119 of this chapter, unless that person holds an airline transport pilot certificate with appropriate category and class ratings and, if required, an appropriate type rating for that airplane.