One day after I flew our Cessna Citation CJ1 from Austin, Texas, to Tampa, Florida, I was deemed incompetent by virtue of age for single-pilot flight by the Brown Insurance Corporation. The jet sat unused for a month while I searched for pilots who would qualify to fly with me under the two-pilot provisions of the new policy. Though the type rating for Cessna 525s is good for all CJs, the insurance carrier demanded currency in make and model. Some pilots with 3,000 hours of CJ3 time were not eligible without “differences training.” I can tell you right now what those differences are: Our airplane is slower!
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