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"Dallas" <Cybnorm@spam_me_not.Hotmail.Com> wrote in message
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> At what point does the FAA/Insurance Co. require you to fly with 2 pilots?
>
> I think I just blew a fun opportunity. I had the chance to book a flight
> leg on a little company that flies Cessna 402Cs.
>
http://www.floridacoastalairlines.com/fleet.htm
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> They claim they can carry 9 passengers on short field performance.
>
> I think I realized that the 9th seat would be the copilot seat and I'm
> bummed out about missing the chance to play RL copilot. Is it legal to
> commercially fly 9 passengers with only one pilot?
>
> Dallas
>
>
Ask, and ye shall receive:
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CFR 14 Part 25 Appendix D:
Criteria for determining minimum flight crew. The following are considered
by the Agency in determining the minimum flight crew under §25.1523:
(a) Basic workload functions. The following basic workload functions are
considered:
(1) Flight path control.
(2) Collision avoidance.
(3) Navigation.
(4) Communications.
(5) Operation and monitoring of aircraft engines and systems.
(6) Command decisions.
(b) Workload factors. The following workload factors are considered
significant when analyzing and demonstrating workload for minimum flight
crew determination:
(1) The accessibility, ease, and simplicity of operation of all necessary
flight, power, and equipment controls, including emergency fuel shutoff
valves, electrical controls, electronic controls, pressurization system
controls, and engine controls.
(2) The accessibility and conspicuity of all necessary instruments and
failure warning devices such as fire warning, electrical system malfunction,
and other failure or caution indicators. The extent to which such
instruments or devices direct the proper corrective action is also
considered.
(3) The number, urgency, and complexity of operating procedures with
particular consideration given to the specific fuel management schedule
imposed by center of gravity, structural or other considerations of an
airworthiness nature, and to the ability of each engine to operate at all
times from a single tank or source which is automatically replenished if
fuel is also stored in other tanks.
(4) The degree and duration of concentrated mental and physical effort
involved in normal operation and in diagnosing and coping with malfunctions
and emergencies.
(5) The extent of required monitoring of the fuel, hydraulic,
pressurization, electrical, electronic, deicing, and other systems while en
route.
(6) The actions requiring a crewmember to be unavailable at his assigned
duty station, including: observation of systems, emergency operation of any
control, and emergencies in any compartment.
(7) The degree of automation provided in the aircraft systems to afford
(after failures or malfunctions) automatic crossover or isolation of
difficulties to minimize the need for flight crew action to guard against
loss of hydraulic or electric power to flight controls or to other essential
systems.
(8) The communications and navigation workload.
(9) The possibility of increased workload associated with any emergency that
may lead to other emergencies.
(10) Incapacitation of a flight crewmember whenever the applicable operating
rule requires a minimum flight crew of at least two pilots.
(c) Kind of operation authorized. The determination of the kind of operation
authorized requires consideration of the operating rules under which the
airplane will be operated. Unless an applicant desires approval for a more
limited kind of operation. It is assumed that each airplane certificated
under this Part will operate under IFR conditions.
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