...Thanks Al, As far as I remember, there were only about 8 PAX onboard. Interesting. Had they been revenue PAX, would an FA been required! I guess not, PAX are PAX. Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Allan9 <exatc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bryant > Normally that flight would have been operated under > FAR Part 91 rather than > FAR Part 121 (Normal Air Carrier FAR). Under FAR > 121 as I understand it if > there were more than 25-30 passengers (rev or > non-rev) flight attendents > would be required. It may have been an insurance > requirement that the > passengers were asked the question. > Al > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: no traffic rights/airline staff right > (was fifth freedom > rights) > > > > ...This is kinda off the topic, but one time as a > gate > > agent for DL, I helped dispatch a Ferry flight > that > > had DL non-revs on it (no revenue PAX). No Flight > > Attendants, but someone had to come on before the > > flight was dispatched, and as I remember they all > had > > to say that they were aware of the Emergency > > Procedures, etc. > > > > I don't know if this followed the rules or not, > but > > the plane sure was dispatched without F/A's. > > > > Interesting, and that was the only instance I was > > involved in that particular scenario..... > > > > Bryant Petitt > > Cumming, GA > > > > --- Mike Tobin <mtobin@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > I thought an airline couldn't even carry > staff > > > if they didn't have > > > > > traffic rights? > > > > > > > yes I thinks JAL,KAL and Singapore have > flights > > > NYC to Anchorage > > > > (ANC)-Tokyo /Singapore/Seoul > > > > (depending on which airline we are talking > about > > > > and I belive all of them have a crew based in > ANC > > > > > > JAL used to have pax flights between NYC and > Tokyo > > > that stopped in ANC. No local traffic rights > between > > > ANC and JFK, but non-revs could fly it. Great > > > nonstop service. Now JAL flight numbers 5 and 6 > fly > > > overhead ANC nonstop between the two bigger > cities. > > > Korean at times has had pax flights from ANC to > the > > > east or midwest that non-revs could board. > Singapore > > > just has freighters through ANC so no pax > > > opportunities. All 3 have major freighter > operations > > > via ANC where crew changes occur, but as far as > I > > > know, Singapore doesn't base any in ANC. > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail