Originally Posted by
teejay
How many hours per month can you expect to fly at Great Lakes on average?
Also, are you provided housing during training?
Not sure because I don't work there but there FLT time limitations are the same as ours on the EMB-120, that is all part 121 a/c with 30 seats or less can operate under 135 flying time limitations which are:
§ 135 Flight time limitations and rest requirements: Scheduled operations.
(a) No certificate holder may schedule any flight crewmember, and no flight crewmember may accept an assignment, for flight time in scheduled operations or in other commercial flying if that crewmember's total flight time in all commercial flying will exceed—
(1) 1,200 hours in any calendar year.
(2) 120 hours in any calendar month.
(3) 34 hours in any 7 consecutive days.
(4) 8 hours during any 24 consecutive hours for a flight crew consisting of one pilot.
(5) 8 hours between required rest periods for a flight crew consisting of two pilots qualified under this part for the operation being conducted.
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...4.23.6&idno=14
§ 121.470 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes flight time limitations and rest requirements for domestic operations, except that:
(a) Certificate holders conducting operations with airplanes having a passenger seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer, excluding each crewmember seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less, may comply with the applicable requirements of §§135.261 through 135.273 of this chapter.
(b) Certificate holders conducting scheduled operations entirely within the States of Alaska or Hawaii with airplanes having a passenger seat configuration of more than 30 seats, excluding each crewmember seat, or a payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds, may comply with the requirements of subpart R of this part for those operations.
http://www.capapilots.org/Safety/Iss...far121.470.pdf
I’m been told by a few FAA observers that
§ 121.470 is also referred to the “Great Lakes Reg” seeing that it was lobbied mainly by Lakes and few other 30 seat or less operators due to the amount of revenue they would lose having to operate B1900 and EMB-120 crews under regular 121 flight time limitations. Is this true or not? Not sure but it sure is amusing.
What does this actually mean for you? Well under these regs you can work more and make more money but more importantly your company can now operate more a/c with less crew members because they can work the **** out of you.