Originally Posted by
Airbubba
Does it show up on the aircraft registration or the pilot's license? I've got a couple thousand hours and a (CE-500) type rating in the CE-550 from the 1980's. It seems like the aircraft needed some additional certification for single pilot operations and you had to pay Cessna a fee for the extra paperwork. Also, wouldn't there be some extra endorsement on the pilot license? Or would this qualification be covered by training records?
To qualify (FAA land), the requirements are: must hold 1st or 2nd class medical, have ATP or Commercial certificate, hold a CE-500 type rating, have at Least 1000 hours total time incl. 50 hours of night flight and 75 Hours instrument (40 actual) and have 500 Hours as PIC or SIC in turbine powered a/c. There's an initial training course, followed by recurrent every 12 months. Pilot qual applies to any suitably STCd a/c in the CE-500 series, up to and including Encore+ (caveat: any required difference training, checks etc. are not trumped by the qualification). The Excels are not included as although they're CE-5xxs, it's a different rating.
The a/c is subject to an STC, so it'll be in the paperwork somewhere. Required items are autopilot with approach coupling, flight director, boom microphone and transponder “Ident” button on pilot's yoke.
As to whether it shows on your cert, no idea as although I used to have both SP and MP certs here in the UK the rules and checks are different to FAA requirements.