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SilentHandover
15th Oct 2001, 02:37
Seen several American registered biz-jets using a T prefix before their registration as a callsign, just wondered if there was any reason for this. Thanks for any help.
'Tis a temporary requirement for FAR135 carriers that do not have a designated company call sign.
Manflex55
15th Oct 2001, 04:54
Is it ? Never heard of that. In my company (135 as well), we use the a/c model (Citation, Falcon, etc) followed by the last bit of the registration.
MF
rick1128
15th Oct 2001, 06:15
411A is not completely correct. It is not a temporary thing. It has always been a suggested method to ID a Part135 flight. It has been listed in the AIM for many years. Until the resent events and restrictions, almost NO Part 135 operator without a call sign used it. Mostly from fear of inviting ramp checks and increased FAA oversight. And additonal and/or increased fees. When air carrier flights were allowed to operate again, all 135 operators that wanted to conduct flights, had to use the Tango prefix.
LRdriver
15th Oct 2001, 13:02
Anybody know the situation with non-US private charters flying to and from the US..
Rumour is we are banned, yet we see lots of N-reg flying here..
Generally not restricted so long as the max gross weight of the aircraft does not exceed 95,000 pounds. The NBAA website www.nbaa.org (http://www.nbaa.org) has the information.