Life as a 135

Sec. 135.1 - Applicability.

(a) This part prescribes rules governing --

(1) The commuter or on-demand operations of each person who holds or is required to hold an Air Carrier Certificate or Operating Certificate under part 119 of this chapter.

(2) Each person employed or used by a certificate holder conducting operations under this part including the maintenance, preventative maintenance and alteration of an aircraft.

Blah blah blah blah blah.... FARs get boring pretty quick, but that gives you an idea of what type of company I work for.

Based on the fact that we don't have a set schedule, its all of our job to figure out the most efficient way to operate: getting all the people and their stuff with the least flight hours and gas burned. Some days its easy. 6 or 7 people will go on one of the big planes, leaving enough room for a few people's groceries to go out as well. Some days its not so easy. The planes will be stuffed full both ways, and we have to send some smaller planes on freight runs the whole day. Still other days we will have a reasonable plan lined up, and the weather will be bad so we can't go anywhere.

Once the day's plan is lined up, its still subject to change. All it takes is one phone call asking for a charter, one piece of haz-mat that cannot fly with passengers, and everything changes.

Thats why I love working in the 135 world: two days will never be the same! Its all about learning to adapt to changes, and figuring out how to make everything as efficient as possible.