What experience/ratings are required for taxi/charter work?

[Cirrus_Clouds]

Hey all,

Thinking if one didn't make it immediately into the airlines/business jets, what experience is required to fly either single PIC operations or dual Multi operations for a taxi, charter company etc; is a CPL/IR/MCC enough with 200hrs?

I guess the wage wouldn't be that great....:rolleyes:

[woodcoc2000]

have a look here:
http://www.pprune.org/interviews-jobs-sponsorship/299419-air-taxi-work.html?highlight=air+taxi

[Mikehotel152]

:} Isn't that thread a bit dated? We've stumbled into a recession since it was written!:(

[JB007]

That thread is a tad misleading - circumstances are somewhat different in 2009...but the requirement for 700 hours PIC is still valid.

[woodcoc2000]

all the minimum hours are still valid; and these minimums are stated in the ops manuals. The chap asking said something about 200 hours which will put him out of the picture for now.. the thing that has changed is that regardless of if you meet the hours minimums or not there are no jobs.. Also valid are comments about the job itself; perhaps useful to original poster..http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif

[cessna310]

Hi,
Then who is hiring for Taxi work?:{ i have got more than 800 hrs with fATPL,MCC,MEIR.

C310

[selfin]

EU-OPS [¹]

OPS 1.960
Commanders holding a Commercial Pilot Licence

(a) An operator shall ensure that:
1. A Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) holder does not operate as a commander of an aeroplane certificated in the Aeroplane Flight Manual for single pilot operations unless:
(i) when conducting passenger carrying operations under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) outside a radius of 50 nm from an aerodrome of departure, the pilot has a minimum of 500 hours total flight time on aeroplanes or holds a valid Instrument Rating;[²] or

(ii) when operating on a multi-engine type under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), the pilot has a minimum of 700 hours total flight time on aeroplanes which includes 400 hours as pilot-in-command (in accordance with the requirements governing Flight Crew Licenses) of which 100 hours have been under IFR including 40 hours multi-engine operation. The 400 hours as pilot-in-command may be substituted by hours operating as co-pilot on the basis of two hours co-pilot is equivalent to one hour as pilot-in-command provided those hours were gained within an established multi-pilot crew system prescribed in the Operations Manual;
2. in addition to subparagraph (a)1(ii) above, when operating under IFR as a single pilot, the requirements prescribed in Appendix 2 to OPS 1.940 are satisfied; and

3. in multi-pilot crew operations, in addition to subparagraph (a)1 above, and prior to the pilot operating as commander, the command course prescribed in OPS 1.955(a)2 is completed.

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[¹] COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 859/2008 of 20 August 2008 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:254:0001:0238:EN:PDF)
amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 as regards common
technical requirements and administrative procedures applicable to
commercial transportation by aeroplane. Annex III.

[²] EU-OPS, Appendix 1 to OPS 1.005(a) "Operations of performance
class B aeroplanes"

34. OPS 1.960 Commanders holding a Commercial Pilot Licence
Subparagraph (a)(1)(i) is not applicable to VFR operations by day.

[selfin]

On a tangent to the foregoing, noting your low hours, you might be interested in the following guidance material from the UK CAA's Secretary & Legal Adviser’s Office – April 2005: Summary of the Meaning of Public Transport and Aerial Work (http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1428/summary_of_public_transport.pdf)

The applicability of EU-OPS is made under OPS 1.001. Subject to the conditions listed there it does not regulate aerial work.