Part 135 Section 299 Check Ride

Dick Karl

Friday, April 13, 2012 at 09:13 PM ET

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** Capt. Jason Hepner and FAA's Robert
Donahue after a successful 299 check ride.**

Key Takeaways:

The article recounts a First Officer's experience assisting a Captain (Jason Hepner) on a mandatory Part 135 Section 299 flight check, detailing the specific regulatory requirements for such an evaluation.
The narrator expresses significant anxiety due to his lack of recent flight time and never having flown with the Captain before, fearing he might jeopardize the Captain's check ride.
Despite initial fumbles during preparation and a minor technical glitch during the actual flight, the crew meticulously followed checklists and procedures under FAA scrutiny.
Both pilots successfully completed the check ride, with the FAA inspector highly commending their exceptional teamwork, structured approach, and diligent checklist use, despite it being their first time flying together.

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Forget about flight reviews and instrument competency checks. Part 135 operations are conducted in a thicket of regulations. Among them are the requirements of Section 299:
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a)** “No certificate holder may use a pilot, nor may any person serve as a pilot in command of a flight, unless, since the beginning of the 12th calendar month before that service, that pilot has passed a flight check in one of the types of aircraft which that pilot is to fly. The flight check shall:

1) Be given by an approved check pilot or by the administrator.