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Old 10th Mar 2012, 21:41
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I'll try to ignore the high noise content on this thread and provide one further piece of advice - in a normal sensible private operation one of the key people who decides whether you can be the commander is the insurance broker.

Whilst AOC holders will often have fairly broadly worded insurance policies, for a private operator they can keep the cost down by having named pilots who's flying history is known to the insurance company. To get someone added to the captain roster therefore usually involves the chief pilot (or owner, operator, etc) sending a letter requesting that you be added, along with your CV and any claims history, to the broker. They usually come back with the rules (FSI recurrent, first 10 hours supervised, whatever) that will get you added without a bump in the premium.

With commercial experience and 1,000 hours on type I would expect the insurance company requirements will be modest and easily met.
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