correct me here on 134.5!!

[climbhappy]

A buddy of mine just got laid off from a 135 outfit. they never checked him out with a SIC ride, but they paid him and always had him riding shotgun in a kingair 200, of course, which is a one pilot plane.

I think when his future employer requests a record check, there won't be one,
because he was never put through training and there is no record of a checkride.

Also, he actually wasn't supposed to be occupying the seat on a live leg under the guise of a passenger, since he was placed there as a crewmember at the customer's request.

Am I right?

The practice of letting buddies ride around and then log a 91 ferry leg is frowned on isn't it?

 

[ultrarunner]

A buddy of mine just got laid off from a 135 outfit. they never checked him out with a SIC ride, but they paid him and always had him riding shotgun in a kingair 200, of course, which is a one pilot plane.

True. BE-20 is a SP plane. Some operators may need to operate them two-pilot to satisify some 135 operating rules, such as no autopilot or reduced take off minimums. But that doesn't appear to be the case here.

[/QUOTE]I think when his future employer requests a record check, there won't be one, because he was never put through training and there is no record of a checkride.[/QUOTE]

Correct.

[/QUOTE]Also, he actually wasn't supposed to be occupying the seat on a live leg under the guise of a passenger, since he was placed there as a crewmember at the customer's request.[/QUOTE]

Correct. FAA would consider him a pax. If he was preforming pilot-duties, that's a no-no.


[/QUOTE]Am I right?[/QUOTE]

Yes

[/QUOTE]The practice of letting buddies ride around and then log a 91 ferry leg is frowned on isn't it?[/QUOTE]

Lets just say it 'aint the best way to build time. WAY too much is left open to interpetation with respect to the legality of the time.

 

[climbhappy]

thanks...he just called me and said a recent interivewer had no problem with it as there are plenty of down and dirty operators who just won't burn the gas to check a guy out.