FAR 135 currency

[HA25]

How much time can lapse between flying a certain TYPE under 135 (IE CE560) before you are no longer current?? Assuming that you are flying a different type (IE CE750) for that carrier the whole time.

 

[Rick1128]

Under what Part of the regs?

Under Part 91, you are legally current in type for 24 months after your last type proficiency check. But you have to be current in another type rated jet during that period. Makes no differnce if the proficiency check was a 91 or 135 check.

Under 135 your currency expires at the end of the 12 months after your last check in the aircraft. Makes no difference if it is a 135.293 or a 135.297 check. A .297 check counts as a .293 check. Read both regs COMPLETELY. Now if you are not current, but have been current in the aircraft, there is a training segment called Requalification. The amount of triaining under that segments depends on how long you have been uncurrent in the aircraft. It will vary from a recurrent level to a full transition.

Hope that answers your question.

 

[DitchDriver]

Don't forget three landings within 90 days if you are the PIC carrying PAX. Landing currency in a different TYPE does not count.

135.247 and 61.57

 

[Rick1128]

landings

Most people make the mistake of thinking that because 135 does not differenciate between day and night landings that you do not have to have night landings. SInce Part 91 is stricker, you have to comply with the Part 91 requirements.

 

[JohnDoe]

Quote:
"Most people make the mistake of thinking that because 135 does not differenciate between day and night landings that you do not have to have night landings. "



FAR 135.247 a (2) (recent experience):

For operation during the period beginning 1 hour after sunset and ending 1 hour before sunrise (as published in the Air Almanac), made three takeoffs and three landings during that period as the sole manipulator of the flight controls in an aircraft of the same category and class and, if a type rating is required, of the same type in which that person is to serve.


Looks like 135 does differentiate between night and day......am I missing something????

 

[Rick1128]

Subparagraph 2 has only been in the regs for a couple of years. Originally the reg only had subparagraph 1. There are still many operations manuals out there that have the old reg still in them. The FAA added subparagraph 2 to the reg to clarify the reg and make it at least as strict as Part 91.

Another misleading 135 reg is the performance regs. Part 121 requires the pilot to meet climb performance with an engine inoperative. But 135 does not state any such requirement for transport category aircraft. What many pilots miss is the requirement to use manufacturer's approved data. Manufacturer's not allowed to put in all engine performance data. The reasoning behind the wording of the regs is that except for a couple of exceptions, all Part 135 transport catogory aircraft are two engine. At the time the regs were written, most Part 121 aircraft were 3 or more engines.