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Probably not the right spot for this, but I figured the people who are in here would ahve the best information.

Have the oppurtunity to do some SIC flying for a part 91 corporate company. Is there any required training in RVSM to be "legal" to act as SIC. I know king schools does a class. But as a younger guy just getting my foot in door, its money I dont really have to spare but guess i have to do what I have do to.

Thanks for any info.

If there is a requirement for two pilots then yes. If not then I would assume that only the pic would be required. So that means you could not log PIC time over 28k or unless you were typed in the CJ "assuming" which you don't have anyways. If your not typed PIC in the plane you couldn't log SIC either. Would be helpful to know what the specifics were.

Does require two pilots. I am not logging PIC. And I would be SIC typed for the aircraft

The answer is: probably. It depends on the LOA issued for that specific aircraft and the details of your manual. In broad terms the 8900 series merely states for Part 91, "ensure each pilot has adequate knowledge of RVSM requirements, policies, and procedures". Notice it says 'each pilot' and not PIC/SIC. It's not seat specific, everyone needs to know whats going on up there.

Then I would just spend the 199 to educate yourself and be better prepared. Good Luck with the new job.

+1

I know it sucks, but drop money and check the box.

Depending on the operator, simply checking the box may not meet the requirements.

Both the corporate operators that I've worked for have had a specific training provider listed in their RVSM LOA.

good point. And the extra knowledge definitely isnt going to hurt.

I would hope that if this company can afford the plane, they should be able to pay for the training of its crew. If you can pay the money and expense it, that's worth a try. If they are cheap then, write it off on next years taxes.

Just get it taken care of at your sic training, I assume that would take care of all the above issues?

Only ever been to Simuflite but I'm pretty sure they offer a free RVSM class as well as many other free classes to anyone going through a training. Call wherever you're doing your training and ask them

Just because he is getting an SIC type doesn't mean he is going to a training center... It's only 3 landings and trip to the FSDO.

I would listen to Martha for an hour and get it done. Explain to your employer that you haven't had RVSM training and I would hope they would foot the bill. My Copilot isn't required to be trained but I gladly paid for it.

They are aware of it. But my biggest wuiestion was is it even required for the SIC. Like you said your copilot was required to have it but you took care of him. I will end up doing it eventually still.

I think it would depend on the RVSM LOA as someone posted earlier.

I applied for single pilot RVSM in our airplane. I have a single pilot type so SIC isn't required for anything other than insurance reasons. Unless the application asked for single pilot privileges (doubtful) I would say training is required. Check out the LOA and RVSM manuals.