Prof. ATP
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I'm hoping that someone on the forum has already fought this battle.
Can someone without a medical certificate but otherwise qualified as PIC act as a flight instructor under part 135? [It is clear that one can instruct under Part 61, as long as one does not act as a required crewmember. But Part 135 is different.]
Our POI says "no", using a convoluted reading of 135.338(e), which says "(e) An airman who does not hold a medical certificate may function as a flight instructor in an aircraft if functioning as a non-required crewmember, but may not serve as a flightcrew member in operations under this part." The convoluted reading is that the instructor is required to give instruction, so the instructor is a required crewmember. I would like to interpret required as "required by the type certificate", but he says his boss says no.
Since he doesn't have a medical, either, he would like to hear a different answer than the one he got.
Can anyone help?
Can someone without a medical certificate but otherwise qualified as PIC act as a flight instructor under part 135? [It is clear that one can instruct under Part 61, as long as one does not act as a required crewmember. But Part 135 is different.]
Our POI says "no", using a convoluted reading of 135.338(e), which says "(e) An airman who does not hold a medical certificate may function as a flight instructor in an aircraft if functioning as a non-required crewmember, but may not serve as a flightcrew member in operations under this part." The convoluted reading is that the instructor is required to give instruction, so the instructor is a required crewmember. I would like to interpret required as "required by the type certificate", but he says his boss says no.
Since he doesn't have a medical, either, he would like to hear a different answer than the one he got.
Can anyone help?
