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Is it permitted to fly a 737-800 with one pilot?

Your Question: do regulations permit flying a 737-800 with passengers for that distance (1:44) with only one pilot under these circumstances? Answer: I'm unable to locate, nor would I expect to find, ...
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Is it permitted to fly a 737-800 with one pilot?

Unless there is an exemption I am unaware of, the 737-800 always requires a pilot and co-pilot. Perhaps you misunderstood? Longer haul operations require three (or more) pilots, so maybe the shorter ...
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Is it permitted to fly a 737-800 with one pilot?

In addition to the possibility of one of the pilots on hand at the airport having flown enough in the past day that they could legally fly a 2 hour flight but not a longer flight, there may be other ...
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Will the V280 operate with only one engine?

Yes, the V-280 Valor is equipped with a driveshaft which distributes the engine power from the nacelle with the inoperative engine to the one which still does. This system allows the aircraft to ...
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Is it permitted to fly a 737-800 with one pilot?

Another possibility is that their available 2nd pilot was over 65, and therefore ineligible to fly over US airspace. Canada doesn't have mandatory retirement for pilots, but US does. Especially during ...
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Why is the A330/A340's alpha-floor protection disabled above mach 0.53?

Try to see it this way: ALPHA FLOOR is a protection function of the AUTO THRUST SYSTEM, and it protects the aircraft from excessive speed decay. It does not primarily protect the aircraft from ...
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How much of an effect do structural overloads have on an airframe's safe fatigue life?

Airplane structures are designed to take a certain number of extreme conditions during their life which are defined based on statistical analyses of past flights. For example a manufacturer can design ...
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