Thread: WTB: 135 Ticket
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Old May 24th 06, 04:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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New owner, new certificate... new airplanes,

Old rule of thumb, if you want to make a small fortune in
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"Peter Clark"
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| On Wed, 24 May 2006 15:05:37 GMT, AML

| wrote:
|
| In article ,
| "Jim Burns" wrote:
|
| More than just a year.... I know of one local FBO that
recently got their
| 135 cert after originally applying over 3 years ago.
Even with the boiler
| plate procedure manuals and a chief pilot currently
working part 135, the
| FSDO inspectors put them on the "rewrite required"
carousel time after time
| and the re-inspections took months to reschedule. If I
didn't know better,
| it appeared as if they were attempting to wear them
down to the point that
| they'd withdraw their application.
| Jim
|
| "AML" wrote in message
|
...
| I am in the market for a 135 operation. I am finding
out that going
| through the FAA would take about a year and I don't
have the time to
| wait that long. If anybody has one for sale or knows
someone that is
| thinking about selling it, let me know.
|
| Thanks
| Aaron
|
|
|
| That is what has been my understanding. The FAA does not
want to give
| out anymore 135 tickets, so instead we are just going to
buy one. We
| were looking into getting a 414 and now are looking into
a Seneca III. A
| pretty big difference, but it is cheaper to start out in.
I don't know
| much about Senecas so I am busy familiarizing myself with
them.
|
| Would you not still have all the same issues with having
to write the
| required opspecs for the specific aircraft you want to
attach 135 to?