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11-29-2017 | 10:56 AM

ienvoy

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Emergency Mail Service?

14 CFR 119.1(e) provides for several exceptions that do not require an operating certificate - these being the entry-level Part 91 jobs such as flying skydivers, aerial photography/survey, powerline/pipeline patrol, traffic watch, fire spotting etc etc.

One of these items is emergency mail service. Does anyone here know if this is something that is still done in small airplanes? Or is this an outdated artifact left in the regs?

Thanks!

11-29-2017 | 11:21 AM

rickair7777

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Probably a relic, I've never heard of it.

12-04-2017 | 07:38 PM

MrAviator180

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Originally Posted by ienvoy

flying skydivers, aerial photography/survey, powerline/pipeline patrol, traffic watch, fire spotting etc

Thanks!

Those jobs are out there. Majority of them are requiring 500TT for insurance reasons.... But ones that'll take you on with a wet commercial and 250TT are still extremely hard to find. Drop zones and aerial survey companies post more on sites like Climbto350 and other job boards. I've gotten together with a guy and we're going to fly his airplane up from California.

Good luck on your hunt.

12-04-2017 | 07:45 PM

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500TT is the new 250TT. There's a lot of pilots who have 400-700 hours, a lot of them CFIs who realized being a CFI isn't for everyone, and they are obviously more "qualified" on paper than the 250TT wet commercial guy.
250TT->500TT is the difficult bit, 500-> is a lot easier.