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Old August 18th 03, 06:41 PM
Gig Giacona
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Default Small Sheriff's Departments Using Helicopters

Are any of you guys flying for "small" SOs that have received their
helicopters from the military? How is your program set up? What are pilot
requirements?


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Old August 19th 03, 03:51 AM
Jim Eli
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"Gig Giacona" wrote in message ...
Are any of you guys flying for "small" SOs that have received their
helicopters from the military? How is your program set up? What are pilot
requirements?


IMHO, as "public use", SOs are not required to abide by FAA
regulations. In fact, pilots do not need to be licensed. However,
I'm not aware of any SO doing this.
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Old August 21st 03, 07:20 AM
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On 20 Aug 2003 22:35:14 -0700, (Ken Sandyeggo) wrote:

(Mr. MD500) wrote in message ...
On 18 Aug 2003 19:51:13 -0700,
(Jim Eli) wrote:

"Gig Giacona" wrote in message ...
Are any of you guys flying for "small" SOs that have received their
helicopters from the military? How is your program set up? What are pilot
requirements?

IMHO, as "public use", SOs are not required to abide by FAA
regulations. In fact, pilots do not need to be licensed. However,
I'm not aware of any SO doing this.


Here comes another one of those "police pilots are not licensed"
threads.

Fact is isnsurance carriers will require a commercial license,
minimum. For liability reasons, no agency would allow a unlicensed
persion to pilot their aircraft. Thats basic common sense . At a
minimum, law enforcement aircraft are maintained to part 91 standards.


They don't have to use certificated aircraft, however.

And what is overlooked is because of the high liability issues involving both
city and county goverments, they have the option of becoming self-insured,
courtesy of the state government. So if they insure themselves, who's gonna
complain *if* they don't license their pilots? The waiting game is often used
by city and county governments when someone makes a claim, regardless of how
justified the claim may be. If they can wait you out long enough, you lose the
funding and the will to continue a suit. Happens quite often.
TM

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Old August 22nd 03, 06:52 PM
Davdirect
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The police dept here had people flying for 2 years with only a private. I
still think it would be wiser to have professional pilots to worry about the
piloting and let the police worry about the policing. When the pilot starts
being too much of a cop and not enough of a pilot is when things will turn
bad. Here's an article praising the cops for finally getting their commercial
tickets:
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll...EWS16/10804009
1/-1/ARCHIVES30

Dave
(20hr student pilot)
 




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