industry Photo by Ivo Lukacovic SECOND IN COMMAND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A new pilot pipeline tool for Part 135 operators S T O R Y I B Y L I N D S E Y n 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration responded to industry requests for assistance in developing new pilots to meet the pilot shortage by creating the Second in Command Professional Development Program for Part 135 operators. The program allows a pilot employed by a Part 135 operator to be assigned as SIC in a multiengine or single-engine, turbinepowered aircraft to log SIC flight time during operations that do not require a second pilot. 38 avionics news * september 2020 M C F A R R E N A final rule published in June 2018 amended ยง135.99 to authorize a Part 135 air carrier to implement a SIC PDP by issuance of Operations Specification (OpSpec A062) Second in Command Professional Development Program. Importantly, the flight time accumulated through an SIC PDP can be used to meet aeronautical experience requirements of Part 61 for an airline transport pilot and meet certain aeronautical experience requirements for Part 135. However, time logged through the SIC PDP is