PLT FLC MEMBER QUALIFICATION IN DOUBT. PART 135 OPERATOR TURNS IN RPT OF DUBIOUS QUALIFICATIONS OF ONE OF ITS PLTS.

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ENCLOSED IS A RPT DETAILING A VIOLATION OF AN FAA REG DISCOVERED AS PART OF AN INTERNAL PROGRAM EVALUATION CONDUCTED BY A PART 135 ACR BASED AT MONROE CUSTER ARPT IN MONROE; MI. AN IDENTICAL RPT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE FAA'S DETROIT FSDO PURSUANT TO FAA ADVISORY CIRCULAR 120- 56; DATED JAN/XX/92; WHICH PERTAINS TO ACR VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF FAR VIOLATIONS. BTWN JAN/XX/93 AND JAN/XY/93; A PART 135 PLT; MR. X; ATTENDED A FLT TRAINING SEMINAR CONDUCTED BY FBO. AT THE REQUEST OF THEM; MR. X COMPLETED A FORM WHICH DETAILED THE NUMBER OF FLT HRS HE HAD AMASSED IN FLYING TURBOPROP ACFT. IT IS THE ACR'S BELIEF THAT TRAINING UNIT MAY HAVE GRANTED MR. X A WAIVER FROM THE ACTUAL CHK FLT REQUIREMENT FOR AN LTT TYPE ACFT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FLT HRS MR. X RPTED HE HAD COMPLETED. AS A RESULT; MR. X OBTAINED A 'TYPE' RATING FOR THE LTT BASED SOLELY ON HIS EXPERIENCE WITH A PHASE II SIMULATOR. ON MAY/XX/93; WE DISCOVERED THAT MR. X MAY HAVE MISSTATED THE NUMBER OF FLT HRS IN TURBOPROP ACFT HE RPTED TO ACR. BECAUSE OF THE MISSTATEMENT; MR. X MAY NOT HAVE HAD THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF FLT HRS (IN THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS) NECESSARY IN ORDER TO WAIVE THE CHK FLT REQUIREMENT FOR THE LTT ACFT. UPON INFO AND BELIEF; MR. X MAY HAVE VIOLATED FAA CHK FLT GUIDELINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JAN/XX/93 TO MAY/XX/93 ON EACH OCCASION THAT HE FLEW THE LTT ACFT. THIS DISCLOSURE COVERS AND INCLUDES ANY SUCH FLTS BY MR. X. MR. X HAS BEEN IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED FROM FLYING ANY ACFT FOR WHICH HE HAS NOT BEEN CHK FLT 'TYPE' CERTIFIED AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDED AS A PLT BY ACR.