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Am I acting as a crewmember?

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Hello All,

I was wondering if I would be considered "acting as a crewmember" if I were to use the radio on a flight:

1.  That was part 135.

2.  Flight was legally "single pilot" per plane requirements & OPSPEC

3.  Was carrying passengers.

4.  In uniform.

5.  Hold a commercial certificate.

6.  Not typed in aircraft which requires a type rating.

 

Thanks for any help.

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Jun 09, 2014

    You forgot to state whether you are employed by the 135 certificate holder and whether you had been trained by the certificate holder and whether you had the required flight checks required by 135.293, 135.297 and 135.299.

    If none of these are true then you may not perform any duty on a 135 flight.

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  2. Mike on Jun 09, 2014

    From 1.1
    Crewmember means a person assigned to perform duty in an aircraft during flight time.

    I assume talking on the radio would be a “duty”

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  3. Mike on Jun 09, 2014

    Also, just because it is part 135 and a single pilot aircraft doesn’t mean the FAA will not view someone in the right seat as a crewmember. Here is a recent example of a part 135 flight in a single pilot airplane (I believe) that references two crew members. Maybe their op specs specified they need 2 pilots… Not sure, I’m not very familiar with part 135.

    http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20140513X35019&key=1

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