Official Requirements for UNICOM Service Operator
FL440...although the qualifications that you state maybe the requirements of the operators of AR UNICOM, they are above the official requirements...
Part 139 states
139.355 Requirements for UNICOM Service Operators
A person operating a UNICOM service must be—
(1) trained and assessed as competent to the level of the flight radio telephony requirements of a private pilot licence or equivalent; and
(2) trained and assessed as competent to meet the requirements of the services offered; and
(3) given written evidence of the scope of their authorisation to operate the service
None of this requires a PPL or ATS License...but a FRTO (to use the radio) and Met Observers certificate (if reporting weather conditions), but I believe the AWIB does this automatically (could be wrong here?!).
Last edited by slackie; 6th Sep 2007 at 06:05.