Radio Telephone Operators Permit???

[dixieflyer]

Hey Guys, who do I contact to obtain a RT@O Permit? Is it the FCC? Any idea how long it takes to recieve it? The cost? And are there any hoops to jump through to obtain it?

Thanks in Advance,

CEA

 

[flydog]

Its easy and its cheap. Even a Taliban warlord can get one

Go to this website for info and instructions

http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/rp.html

 

[Caveman]

Easy, yes. Cheap, no. I think $50 bucks for a rubber stamped piece of paper that requires no background check, no test, nor any other kind of qualification other than a pulse is pretty steep. Just one more way for a bureaucrat to fund their own paychecks.

 

[flydog]

I paid $10 for mine. The price must have gone up

 

[SentryIP]

BS!

I paid $50 (Yankee dollars) for a piece of paper. I concur with flydog and Caveman. Fly safe.

 

[ivauir]

Is a pulse required??

I bet I could get one for a name I found on a tombstone in the cemetary.

 

[Caveman]

It gets worse. My original radio certificate was 'lost in the mail'. When I called to check on it they had no record of even issuing me one even though I had a cancelled check in my hand that they cashed for $50. I said fine, send me the one you owe me. Sorry, no can do. That'll be another $50 bucks please. Bottom line is that I'm out $100 just so that if I'm ever ramp checked in Montreal I can produce a BS piece of paper that means nothing and proves nothing. Don't get me started......

 

[LittleDeuce]

Permit

I thought I recall that it is no longer required?

 

[hornet drvr]

I have an interview with FEDEX on April 15 and they definitely want the FCC restricted radio operators permit.

 

[cactus]

It is still required if you fly international.

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Twenty plus years ago, an application for the radiotelephone operator permit was included in my "pilot starter kit" from Cessna. I filled it out and received my FCC permit for FREE! I carried it with me until someone told that I no longer needed it for domestic flying. Somewhere along the line, I lost it. When I started applying to the airlines that required it, I wrote the FCC about a replacement for my old permit. Of course the response I got was send in a new application and $45-50 bucks. Can't remember exactly how much now. Oh well, I don't plan on losing my current one, even though no one has ever asked to see it.

 

[passion4flying]

I think the fee just went up. I just paid $100.00 for this rubber stamp.