CA1900
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Why won't a newhire fly with owners?
For the first 50 hours in a given aircraft type, an SIC can only fly empty legs. Basically, it's to give a new pilot time to get comfortable with the airplane's handling characteristics without subjecting the passengers to any rough controls, bad landings, etc., while he gets used to the plane. Seems like a reasonable policy to me.