Originally Posted by
NightIP
Nice writeup.
I do think that it's a bit different with Cape because in being a scheduled commuter carrier with multiengine airplanes, an ATP is legally required to act as PIC on a live leg. I'm pretty certain FOs are only allowed to log SIC on a 135 leg unless they have an ATP, in which case they wouldn't be flying as an FO in the first place.
Hell, I dunno. This was the subject of a pretty good watercooler discussion I had with a few other pilots a few weeks back. That was the consensus. Could be horribly wrong.
Does the FAA consider Cape Air a "commuter" operation or a scheduled 135 operation. Per FAR 119, it would seem pretty clear that they are a commuter. But I've been told by folks who should know about these things that Cape Air was a sched 135. I'm soooo confused. Where's a Cape Air pilot when you need them?