SPIFR and chief pilot

[garfield]

hi,

I'm wondering if you're flying corporate a private registered aircraft and you're the only pilot in the company can you call yourself the ``chief pilot``?

thanx

[Aeroplane17]

Depends. The new POR requires a Chief Pilot,Ops Manager, and a PRM. All can be the same person if they qualify under the current regulations.

[Big Pistons Forever]

hi,

I'm wondering if you're flying corporate a private registered aircraft and you're the only pilot in the company can you call yourself the ``chief pilot``?

thanx

Technically it depends under what CAR you flying under. For outfits that operate aircraft(s) under CAR 604 then the regulations requires a "chief Pilot" be designated. In general only the larger T props and jets will be operated 604, anything smaller will be operating under CAR 602. There is no regulatory requirement to have a chief pilot when operating under CAR 602.

Personally if a guy showed up with a resume where his last job was flying say a privately owned Navajo in a 1 pilot operation, and he/she described themselves as the "Chief Pilot" I would probably stop reading and throw it in the recycle bin.