Lucky day...

[mechanic]

It's only a problem if someone here on the forum is a grade A buttmuncher and raised the issue to the appropriate authorities, and surely none of us in our little community would be so pathetic as to do that.

Looks like an awesome experience Jo. Do your parents want to adopt me aged 29? 

[ALFAMEGA51]

Hahahaha liking the throwing of the whats up bro sign with your hand

[B4Buster]

It's only a problem if someone here on the forum is a grade A buttmuncher and raised the issue to the appropriate authorities, and surely none of us in our little community would be so pathetic as to do that.

Looks like an awesome experience Jo. Do your parents want to adopt me aged 29? 

Yeah, no harm will come of this unless someone made the FAA aware. I don't think anyone on these boards would do that. I think everyone who flies does something from time to time that the FAA would not approve of. Heck, it isn't hard to do. I wonder what they would say about my expired charts...

[JOACH1M]

It's only a problem if someone here on the forum is a grade A buttmuncher and raised the issue to the appropriate authorities, and surely none of us in our little community would be so pathetic as to do that.

Looks like an awesome experience Jo. Do your parents want to adopt me aged 29? 

Have you been feeling lucky lately? 

[Gaidin]

Let them know if they will adopt me they will gain a great Adopted son, a wonderful daughter in law, and 2 beautiful and wonderful Grandkids!!!  oh and 4 really good Dogs!!!!

Looks like a great time, glad you had the experience.

[VonMessa]

First of all, when you guys realize that helicopters do not fly but are indeed so ugly that the earth repels them, you will have learned something.

Second of all, who is to say the pics are legit and not photoshopped for "cool factor" if someone wanted to raise a stink?  <wink wink>

Third, looks like you had fun, JO  

[Babalonian]

How does any of that prove you own the helicopter?

Say it is true though, this means that Joachims Parents are richer than tupacs parents, barring any further evidence from tupac.

Jealousy, sir - you seethe it, we all have it - welcome to aviation.

Joc, btw, u ever read the story of Hezekiah in the Bible?  Don't expose your wealth. Bad idea.  Them Babylonians came and got all that stuff a few years later.  Remember that.

In the flavor of Duck Dynasty, I hope I'm making u more nervous than a long tail cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Do your parents know u are posting this stuff on the Internet?

Whatchya trying to say, huh? 

(ot: qfT)

Setting aside the fact you're not holding a multiengine rating and you don't have a 61.55 SIC checkout in the airplane which doesn't make you legal to fly the airplane with passengers on board...

Let's assume that's a charter airplane, as it's associated with a management company it probably is though that's not a requirement. It's been through conformity, the pilots are trained to the certificate holders specs, the airplane is maintained to the certificate holders standard and operation is subject to the guidance of their GOM (operations manual) Inside that manual will be a line about how only employees of XYZ corp shall occupy pilot seats and only appropriately rated pilots shall manipulate the controls.  Not FAs, Cabin Servers, Passengers, etc.

What you've actually done for this pilot who by all measures was being exceedingly cool toward you post photographic evidence sufficient to grant him a suspension (minimum, revocation would be on the table especially if it's a live 135 charter leg) of his certificate in the eyes of the FAA and termination from his employer.

But hey, you had a cool experience...

Fancy way of clearly saying he should remove that picture from the interwebs ASAP out of respect to the pilot?...

Out of curiosity (because I'm sincerely sure you're right and not questioning that bit, but you've sparked a lightbulb), but does all of that still apply in a private or chartered AC over international waters/airspace?

Also... not that I'm sure everyday somewhere in the world it happens on a tarmac or in a hangar somewhere with a camera... but I am not 100% convinced there's enough info discernable from that photograph to tell if he's actually flying at 37k or 37"...




And for Joachim:



And Messy... stop hogging the good meds. 

[Tordon22]

Part of my oral exam last week revolved around leaving stewardesses alone. Bab's picture is a good synopsis. lol


Also, a quick FAR question for you pros. I was reading through 61.55 and came across something interesting at the very end, that I don't fully understand. (I'm looking at (j) ).

So for an initial SIC type you do have to do at least 1 landing and take off in the actual aircraft? That's not a requirement for a PIC type right, you can do it entirely in the sim with no actual time in the aircraft? The part I don't understand is the exception for someone with a 91, 121, 135, etc proficiency check. Is that just an exception for those pilots who already have an inital SIC or PIC type in another aircraft and are already 135,121, qualified? Am I wrong in thinking there's no way for a initial SIC type rating applicant to be 121, etc proficient without another type rating of some sort?

[Golfer]

Re: landings in the airplane.

That depends on the training conducted and the type of simulator used. My first trip to an initial I wasn't old enough to get my ATP and my slime ball company used that as an excuse to only check the SIC box despite doing a full PIC checkride. That's another story for another time. At any rate I conducted my 135.293/.297 checks as well as an initial SIC checkout and was fully legal to go hop in the airplane without any bounces in the real airplane. That's using a Level D sim, approves training curriculum, etc.  Using a lower fidelity simulator may require some tasks to be accomplished in the airplane because of the inability of the simulator to adequately duplicate the required tasks. I don't know off hand what those criteria or tasks are.

Re: international operations. That depends but nobody approves non rated pilots flying passengers. Charter or private, if the airplane is N registered (USA Airplane) it requires FAA certifications or validations to operate it. The operating rules for the countries in which you're operating are also applicable which will not necessarily pertain to some aspects of the flight but will for others. It's hard to answer in one paragraph but geographical location of the airplane doesn't change the certification requirements to operate the airplane.

I hope that's close enough. Typing on my phone in the staging lanes at the track. Cutting some okay lights so far tonight