Recruiting dept? Remember this is a small company,it's all through the chief pilot. Their accounting is only one person to give you and idea of the size of this company.

 

Um.....no, they definitely have a recruiting and HR department.

 

If you're interested, applications are always welcome through the career opportunities page. Speaking from experience, HR can be hard to reach. Applying through the website is the quickest way to get a response.

 

Ok, thanks for the help.

 

I didn't say ops specs. I said regulation. Specifically 14 CFR §135.101.

Just because A015 allows autopilot in lieu doesn't relieve the airline of adherence to §135.101, and as long as the autopilot isn't engaged the SIC is a required flight crewmember under 14 CFR §135.101 and thus logs SIC time.

The validity of your speculation notwithstanding, the discussion isn't about why Seaport chooses to have FOs, but is instead specifically about the regulations that require FOs and, therefore, allow the FO to log SIC time.

You're confusing the issue by replying to my specific answer to a specific question with unrelated theories about a company in a manner that appears to negate the (correct) information I provided.

-Fox

 

Jeez sounds like Jedi mind games here. No I don't speculate, I did work for these guys. Most of the lines required an FO do to time limits and also if the captain had less than 100 hours in type. Therefor the FO is a required crew member. Yes you can always log sic and p1 time (if you keep track of it for overseas jobs) if your in the right seat and flying or performing crew member functions.

 

Uh...I'm gonna go with Foxy here cause he is a current Seaport pilot.

Natca, I don't know how long ago you worked for Seaport but it's possible that things have changed a bit since you were there.

 

I'm not trying to be confrontational, but the question I responded to was effectively this:
"Since the airplane doesn't require an SIC, can the right-seater log anything or his he just baggage" (paraphrasing)

Now there are specific regulations regarding when SIC time is to be logged. If a company pilot is occupying the right seat of, say, a Caravan flying for Wings in Juneau, he or she is not entitled to log SIC, because the flights are conducted under VFR.

To log SIC, a second in command must be required by the airplane's type certificate (14 CFR §61.51(f)(1)), or by the rules under which the flight is being conducted (14 CFR §61.51(f)(2); see also 14 CFR §91.109, 14 CFR §135.101 for examples of regulations that might require a second in command...)

In the case of Seaport lower-48 operations, 14 CFR §135.101 requires a second-in-command. §135.105 allows for ops specs A015, which allows an autopilot to be used in lieu of a second in command in certain operations, some of which you mention.

Bear in mind that the Nichols LOI (http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...rpretation.pdf) specifies that if the autopilot is in use, the SIC cannot log the time as SIC.

I doubt that situation is logged appropriately in most cases—I suspect most 135 pilots assigned to fly a leg as FO are going to log SIC for it, but be aware that the guidance is there and specific.

The point is, I was answering his question specifically, and with reference to the legalities in question, and your response was:

.... which was not germane to the discussion.

I didn't bring up the fact that I'm a Seaport pilot as I don't consider it specifically relevant to the subject at hand... and I don't feel that it lends me any special authority in this particular situation. You may be correct about the reasons behind SeaPort choosing to operate the way they do, but it's outside the scope of the particular discussion, which was about logging time.

-Fox

 

Could anyone be kind enough to let me know what the QOL would be for someone based in San Diego and living in Sacramento, with Sacramento being a new destination just added? Are there Sacramento overnights?

Thanks.

 

I don't think K5 offers an overnight in SMF. As of right now, crews spend the night in Visalia. Commuting shouldn't be too awful from your location down to SAN. Southwest has about 8 flights/day that go down there. Getting SAN as a base out of training is no guarantee though.