Originally Posted by
Guildenstern
What's stopping some of the Turboprop operators from just going back to being 135 and picking up low time newbies? Or even going Pay-to-Play? Didn't most of the 1900 and Saab operators used to be under 135?
Because back in '96-'97 time frame, the FAA mandated all of the commuter to go 121 ops. I don't remember the specs but depending on how many seats in an a/c (i think up to 30) a company could still operate under 135 duty times.