{"id":61436,"date":"2017-01-16T23:54:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T23:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/?p=61436"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:28:33","slug":"faqmany-pilots-will-fly-private-jet-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/faq\/many-pilots-will-fly-private-jet-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"How many pilots will fly my private jet charter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Stratos Jet Charters requires <strong>two<\/strong> pilots to crew the aircraft, even if it\u2019s certified for single-pilot operation. Our goal is to provide the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">safest private jet charter flights<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Safety in the Skies<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Before Stratos hires a pilot for any private jet charter flight, the following safety protocols must be met:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">First, the captain is required to hold a valid ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) certificate, which is the highest level of training in the aviation industry and is the same certification required by pilots of commercial airlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">To be eligible for the ATP, the pilot in command must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Be 21 years of age or older, with a Category 1 Medical Certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Have a minimum 1,500 hours of flight time, including 250 hours as\u00a0Pilot in Command<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Pass an extensive theoretical examination<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Then, to captain a charter flight, a pilot must have a minimum of 3,000 hours of total flight\u00a0time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Passenger Safety<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Along with a qualified crew, an air charter broker must also be certified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Stratos Jet Charters is a member of ARGUS (Air Research Group \u2013 United States), a private company which conducts independent safety audits and inspections for operators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In fact, Stratos Jets was\u00a0one of the first private jet air charter brokers to be certified by ARGUS,\u00a0and Stratos remains one of the few brokers to meet the organization\u2019s strict requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stratos Jet Charters requires two pilots to crew the aircraft, even if it\u2019s certified for single-pilot operation.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1401],"tags":[976],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88263,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61436\/revisions\/88263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}