Originally Posted by
TreeShade
I've flown with at least a dozen pilots in the 121 world who built 135 SIC time at Planesense, Tradewind, Boutique, and other Caravan operators. There must be thousands of pilots flying 121 today who built SIC hours at these operations. Never heard of anyone ever getting hassled about whether or not they were using their autopilot.
Are you saying that under 135 the the co-pilot can never log SIC time? Then what is he or she supposed to log when they are the pilot monitoring? Just total time?
If the company doesn’t have A015, SIC is a required crew member for passenger carrying ops under Part 135. The question comes if you have A015 in your Opspecs. Then can you disregard it, or are you held to it? I’ve never seen a legal interpretation on it.