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USC*** said:This will start some controversy but in my opinion, 135/91 PIC is more difficult that 121 PIC. Most 135/91 operators do their own preflight, flight planning, weather planning, fuel planning, greet and make the passenger comfortable, load the bags, etc.
When I flew with retired 121 guys at Citation Shares, they claimed the work at Citation Shares was 10 times harder than any airline job they ever had. They said, the FO did a walk around, but for the most part, maintenance does the preflights. Dispatchers do the flight/fuel planning and give the pilots the weather. The pilot only has to review it all to double check the dispatcher. At citation shares we didn't have someone double checking our work. Plus you may do all the flight planning for the day, and then all of a sudden dispatch calls and the entire itinerary for the day can change, and now you have to do it over. I'm not saying flying a citation should qualify me for Airtran, but those guys who have 2000 hours of part 135 PIC and are now FO's for some regional or other gig, should be eligible for Airtran.
But when all is said and done, I can disagree, but Airtran can still do what they want.
To further expand on that, 135 is in my opinion much harder than 91, assuming you know and follow the ops specs. We recently stopped 135, and it is WAY easier.
I have a few buds there, and they say the 121 requirement is in stone.