Originally Posted by
B2N2
1979 - that airplane was 43(!) years old.
No longer economical to operate in a charter environment, new paint and interior to be sold off to a private owner who was of age as well.
Doesn’t matter if a type rating needs to be flown to ATP standard, that’s a matter of training and only needs to be demonstrated once.
Maintaining proficiency is an entirely different animal.
Even being legal to operate doesn’t equal safe.
Let’s not pretend this was an unfortunate unavoidable accident.
This tragedy would have been entirely avoidable with a 2-pilot professional crew.
I’ve gotta call bs…
I challenge you to find anyone, anywhere, who’s buzzing around (legally and insured) in a jet, single pilot, and isn’t required to undergo recurrent training annually, which requires at a minimum:
1)somebody trying to kill him in a simulator for at least 6 hrs
2) An IPC
3) A functional equivalent of a BFR
and,
4) A bunch of ground school