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It is cheaper to pay one pilot versus having to pay two.surplus1 said:Someone help me to understand what is the logic of building and operating an airplane that has two of everything but only one pilot.
Regardless of how "easy" it may be to fly the airplane the whole idea just strikes me as extremely penny wise and pound foolish.
I think Cessna originally intended the Citation series to be what it appears the Eclipse and others are becoming. Back in the 70's though, Jets were still looked at as only two pilot aircraft unless it's designator began with the letter "F" followed by a number, in which case you needed a Military commision to operate single pilot.surplus1 said:Someone help me to understand what is the logic of building and operating an airplane that has two of everything but only one pilot.
Regardless of how "easy" it may be to fly the airplane the whole idea just strikes me as extremely penny wise and pound foolish.
The FAA will probably use past SP data as a gauge when certifying it. So far the SP record is pretty good for the Citation series. However that is not due to the FAA's limits in my opinion. The FAA's minimums for SP ops for the waiverable aircraft in my opinion is pretty low. Mostly the insurance companies can be credited with keeping the experience higher in the sp planes.FracCapt said:It seems that Swearingen is still planning to certify the SJ30-2 as a single pilot aircraft. I'm still wondering how the FAA is going to look at that. It's a small jet, but seats six pax, has a fairly high angle swept wing, and will be certified to FL490(supposedly) with a 12psi cabin diff(that's WITHOUT software upgrades ).
I'm sure insurance will be outrageous.