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Old 06-12-2009, 12:02 PM
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airdett
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Default So you want to fly for Part 135

A little caution here.
Check out your new company.
Go on line and, google, check forums, etc...
Note if you are going to get trained and familiarized with the company's GOM (General Operating Manual).
GOM's are taylor made for each company and they over rule FAR Part 135.
Also GOM's change from company to company.
Very important: If your company doesn't care about you learning their GOM, be very carefull, they are probably operating outside the boundaries of their own GOM and they do not want you to know that.
Knowing Far Part 135 from the beginning to the end also can help a lot.
The old "Oh, you don't need that", does not apply here, even if that comes from the DO or the CP.
Do not depend on the company to teach you about the FAR's, but that is a very good indicative that something very fishy is going on.
These days bad companies are taking full advantage of pilots in need of a job.
By the way your duty time starts when you arrive at the office, and finishes when you leave the office, not that 30 minutes crap after landing,
but that is another story.
Please, do your homework, and operate safely.
Blue skies for all
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