Originally Posted by
EMAW
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.
Exactly. There is no FAA opinion about this. Tarsa letter says it does not mandate the use of an Opspec, but nothing says you can "have your cake and eat it" with them. That is, operate with A015, SIC, AND autopilot.