Eclipse pilots have told me that the autopilot has no NAV function. All approaches are hand-flown. That chould be the reason for the two pilot requirement. Cant do Op Spec for autopilot-in-lieu of SIC. Wasn't DayJet doing all ops two pilots "for the time being"?
I would imagine that the insurance plays a factor in 135 single pilot ops.
My question-----why would you want to operate an Eclipse? With such operational limitations, and the manufacturer being in constant turmoil?
Eclipse--sounds good in theory, but Im not sold on actual operations yet.