WolfManPack
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I have an opportunity to get involved in a Part 135 startup. The company I will be working for has a courier service that they plan on using the Part 135 certificate for.
My question is to those of you who might know, is it possible for them to, at least initially, use an aircraft on a Part 91 basis to transport things like specimens, medical devices/equip, etc for this courier business or is there no way around the Part 135 certificate for this type of operation.
Seems to me I remmeber that as long as you, a Part 91 operator, only charged the companies you were performing services for the cost of aircraft operation and did not charge a anything more than that for a profit that you were okay.
Having said that, I'm not looking for a way to cheat this system here or bend the rules. I am honestly looking for absolute answers that prevent the operation (and me) from getting into trouble with the FAA. We want to run an honest operation here and I need to know what is permissible and what is not....that's all.
But then again I've been out of the Part 91 business for quite some time and so most of the rules associated with these types of operations are a little bit fuzzy at this point.
I did call the FAA already for clarification but they haven't gotten back to me yet so I'm trying to find out this information on my own for now.
Thanks in advance to any of you that could shed some light on this issue.
My question is to those of you who might know, is it possible for them to, at least initially, use an aircraft on a Part 91 basis to transport things like specimens, medical devices/equip, etc for this courier business or is there no way around the Part 135 certificate for this type of operation.
Seems to me I remmeber that as long as you, a Part 91 operator, only charged the companies you were performing services for the cost of aircraft operation and did not charge a anything more than that for a profit that you were okay.
Having said that, I'm not looking for a way to cheat this system here or bend the rules. I am honestly looking for absolute answers that prevent the operation (and me) from getting into trouble with the FAA. We want to run an honest operation here and I need to know what is permissible and what is not....that's all.
But then again I've been out of the Part 91 business for quite some time and so most of the rules associated with these types of operations are a little bit fuzzy at this point.
I did call the FAA already for clarification but they haven't gotten back to me yet so I'm trying to find out this information on my own for now.
Thanks in advance to any of you that could shed some light on this issue.