Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 135.245

(3) The area, as specified in the certificate holder-s operations specifications, is an isolated area, as determined by the Flight Standards office, if
it is shown that - 
(i) The primary means of navigation
in the area is by pilotage, since radio
navigational aids are largely ineffective; and
(ii) The primary means of transportation in the area is by air;
(4) Each flight is conducted under
day VFR with a ceiling of not less than
1,000 feet and visibility not less than 3
statute miles;
(5) Weather reports or forecasts, or
any combination of them, indicate that
for the period commencing with the
planned departure and ending 30 minutes after the planned arrival at the
destination the flight may be conducted under VFR with a ceiling of not
less than 1,000 feet and visibility of not
less than 3 statute miles, except that if
weather reports and forecasts are not
available, the pilot in command may
use that pilot-s observations or those
of other persons competent to supply
weather observations if those observations indicate the flight may be conducted under VFR with the ceiling and
visibility required in this paragraph;
(6) The distance of each flight from
the certificate holder-s base of operation to destination does not exceed 250
nautical miles for a pilot who holds a
commercial pilot certificate with an
airplane rating without an instrument
rating, provided the pilot-s certificate
does not contain any limitation to the
contrary; and
(7) The areas to be flown are approved by the responsible Flight Standards office and are listed in the certificate holder-s operations specifications.

designation as pilot in command, on
that make and basic model aircraft and
in that crewmember position, the following operating experience in each
make and basic model of aircraft to be
flown:
(1) Aircraft, single engine - 10 hours.
(2) Aircraft multiengine, reciprocating engine-powered - 15 hours.
(3) Aircraft multiengine, turbine engine-powered - 20 hours.
(4) Airplane, turbojet-powered - 25
hours.
(b) In acquiring the operating experience, each person must comply with
the following:
(1) The operating experience must be
acquired after satisfactory completion
of the appropriate ground and flight
training for the aircraft and crewmember position. Approved provisions
for the operating experience must be
included in the certificate holder-s
training program.
(2) The experience must be acquired
in flight during commuter passengercarrying operations under this part.
However, in the case of an aircraft not
previously used by the certificate holder in operations under this part, operating experience acquired in the aircraft during proving flights or ferry
flights may be used to meet this requirement.
(3) Each person must acquire the operating experience while performing
the duties of a pilot in command under
the supervision of a qualified check
pilot.
(4) The hours of operating experience
may be reduced to not less than 50 percent of the hours required by this section by the substitution of one additional takeoff and landing for each
hour of flight.

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978;
Amdt. 135-1, 43 FR 49975, Oct. 26, 1978, as
amended by Amdt. 135-15, 46 FR 30971, June
11, 1981; Amdt. 135-58, 60 FR 65939, Dec. 20,
1995; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 135-139, 83
FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018]

[Doc. No. 20011, 45 FR 7541, Feb. 4, 1980, as
amended by Amdt. 135-9, 45 FR 80461, Dec. 14,
1980; Amdt. 135-58, 60 FR 65940, Dec. 20, 1995]

Section 135.244 Operating experience.
(a) No certificate holder may use any
person, nor may any person serve, as a
pilot in command of an aircraft operated in a commuter operation, as defined in part 119 of this chapter unless
that person has completed, prior to

Section 135.245 Second in command qualifications.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph
(b) of this section, no certificate holder
may use any person, nor may any person serve, as second in command of an
aircraft unless that person holds at
least a commercial pilot certificate
with appropriate category and class
ratings and an instrument rating.

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