Originally Posted by
shoestrings1229
Wouldn't a country like Canada, who have a pretty tight bilateral agreement with the US, would their 705 ops (aka 121) and 704 ops (aka 135.243) not be considered equivalent?
No. There is no language about anything being "considered equivalent".
The language says "121" and must be interpreted literally. The FAA has already affirmed this.
Now I agree that CA is about as close as you can get to US operations, but maybe they didn't want to be in the awkward position of having to accept some people (ie CA, AUS, UK), but not others... that would be politically sensitive. Or maybe they just really wanted the experience to be in US ops.