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Old 06-19-2017, 04:17 AM
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Hello all, I've been flying the Citation X for 7 years. My previous employer required both pilots to comply with the .297 check regardless of seat position (the X has only a PIC type rating and requires 2 pilots, however for compensation purposes designate 1 person PIC and 1 person SIC). I've just been hired by a new company who believes because they have designated the other pilot as SIC they are not required to send him for his .297. Can anyone tell me what their company policy is for an airplane requiring 2 pilots.

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§ 135.297 Pilot in command: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
(a) No certificate holder may use a pilot, nor may any person serve, as a pilot in command of an aircraft under IFR unless, since the beginning of the 6th calendar month before that service, that pilot has passed an instrument proficiency check under this section administered by the Administrator or an authorized check pilot.
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Old 06-19-2017, 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Xzen View Post
Hello all, I've been flying the Citation X for 7 years. My previous employer required both pilots to comply with the .297 check regardless of seat position (the X has only a PIC type rating and requires 2 pilots, however for compensation purposes designate 1 person PIC and 1 person SIC). I've just been hired by a new company who believes because they have designated the other pilot as SIC they are not required to send him for his .297. Can anyone tell me what their company policy is for an airplane requiring 2 pilots.

Here's the reg.
§ 135.297 Pilot in command: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
(a) No certificate holder may use a pilot, nor may any person serve, as a pilot in command of an aircraft under IFR unless, since the beginning of the 6th calendar month before that service, that pilot has passed an instrument proficiency check under this section administered by the Administrator or an authorized check pilot.
Only the PIC does a .297 every 6 months, SIC does .293 every year. We are a two pilot operation flying EMB-135's.

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Old 06-19-2017, 08:53 AM
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Only the PIC does a .297 every 6 months, SIC does .293 every year. We are a two pilot operation flying EMB-135's.

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We do the same with our E120s. SIC only gets a .293.
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We do the same with our E120s. SIC only gets a .293.
Just because the company says they're a two-pilot per airplane operation doesn't mean two PICs. Just depends on what your customers want to pay for.
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SICs don't require a .297. It says it right there:

135.297 Pilot in command:
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