What are the legal requirements to act as Second-In-Command in an Excel?  I talked to the experts and here is what I found out:

I was recently contacted by an XLPilotStaffing.Com pilot who was confused as to the legal requirements to act as a Second in Command (SIC) in a turbojet aircraft.   This pilot mentioned it had been more than a year since his last Citation Excel proficiency check but he had obtained a Beechjet type within the last 12 months.  Could he still act as SIC in an Excel?  Taking a look at the FAR’s is easy to see how one could have a hard time determining the answer to this question so I decided to call in some experts.

No matter how hard you try not to be, as an XLPilotStaffing.Com contract pilot you are considered an inconvenience to the operator. This because there is no way you can do things exactly as the normal two pilot crew would.

As a CEO of XLPilotStaffing.Com, a contract pilot referral service, I am often asked by pilots as well as operators, what are the going rates for contract pilots.  As you might expect, that depends.