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Originally Posted by FDXLAG
Of course the MX guys now booking Personal and bumping offlines may not consider this.
What does 14 CFR Part 121.547 say about mechanics, personal travel, and flight deck access?
The Company claims the FAA has approved, but I have yet to see a change to the regulation, and even the ALPA FDX MEC Chairman can't seem to find the letter from the FAA saying it's OK.
As written, any person admitted to the flight deck must have the "permission of the pilot in command, an appropriate management official of the part 119 certificate holder, and the Administrator;
and ..." I'll get to the "and" part in a second, but first note how this is worded. The person requires the permission of all three entities. No single entity may permit entry, but any single entity may DENY entry. If a single entity, like The Company, could permit entity, then I, as the PIC, could permit my wife to ride in the cockpit. It doesn't work that way.
Now for the "and" ... the pertinent part that follows is subparagraph (A)(3)(ii)(b):
(ii) Is an employee of—
(B) A part 119 certificate holder
and whose duties are such that admission to the flightdeck is necessary or advantageous for safe operation
'Splain to me how a mechanic traveling on personal status is "necessary or advantageous for safe operation."
If the FAA approved this, I'd like to see the revised regulation. I recall a rogue POI who told JetBlue it was OK to violate 8-in-24 just to see what it would be like to fly east coast to west coast and back, too. Sometimes the Administrator means what the Administrator (the CFR) says.
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