Baha, Doesn't 121 ops also require 2 pilots instead of the 1 for 135? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:59 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Plane Crashes Near Island in Lake Erie > David, > Good point in there. Until the American Eagle Jetstream crash in mid 90s the > commuter airlines used to be "Part 135" (FAA regulation regarding passenger > transportation). Since then the part 135 limits went down to 9 pax. Anything > holds more than 9 passenger has to be part 121 which is more strict. > > BAHA > Fan of C208s > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David > MR > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:02 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Plane Crashes Near Island in Lake Erie > > It was a Cessna 208 which is a large single engine aircraft. It can > actually hold up to 14 but not in commercial service per the FAA regs. > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 09:00 > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Plane Crashes Near Island in Lake Erie > > > > I'm not really familiar with small private acft but isn't 9 passengers a > lot > > for a single engine private plane? > > Dennis