REFLECTOR: Flight training

[Pat Shea]

I got some seriously conflicting opinions on this one!
Someone at the factory said there's no-way, if the
sh#@ hits the fan, you're going to be able to justify
to the FAA that someone was a 'required crew
member.'On the other hand, my DAR told me that it's
completely up to me to decide if one was necessary for
any given flight. In the end, legal or not became
academic - I went up a couple times with my seasoned
test pilot before flying alone because I felt it was
the safest thing to do.  

Pat 

--- Al Gietzen <ALVentures at cox.net> wrote:

> 
> Probably because he hasn't flown off his 40 hours? 
> Catch 22!
> 
> One could make the case that for flight testing this
> high performance
> aircraft, the experienced CFI is 'essential
> crewmember'.  No?
> 
> Al





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