FAA INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINT THAT RPTING PLT FLEW 2 CHARTER FLTS; WITH 2 DIFFERENT ACFT; WHILE NOT HOLDING A VALID ACR CERTIFICATE WITH APPROPRIATE OP SPECS COVERING THE PLT AND THE 2 ACFT INVOLVED.

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THE FLT CONDUCTED ON SEP/WED/01 WAS ASSIGNED TO ME BY THE FBO OF ZZZ ARPT MANUFACTURER IN UNITED STATES. I WAS INFORMED CLRLY AND PRECISELY THAT IT WAS AN FAR PART 91 OP; NOT A PART 135 CHARTER. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MGMNT DECISIONS OF THE FBO. ON DEC/MON/01; I RECEIVED A LETTER (COPY ENCLOSED) FROM THE FAA ADVISING ME THAT A FLT THAT I CONDUCTED AS PIC OF AN ACFT; CE414 IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE FAA SUSPECTS THAT PARTICULAR FLT WAS CONDUCTED AS AN ILLEGAL PART 135 CHARTER FLT. I DO PART 91 FLTS ONLY FOR A COMPANY NAMED 'FBO.' THE MGMNT OF THIS ORGANIZATION THAT ASSIGNED ME TO THIS FLT INFORMED ME CLRLY AND PRECISELY THAT IT WAS AN FAR PART 91 OP. THIS FLT WAS CONDUCTED ON SEP/WED/01. IF THE FAA DEEMS THAT FLT TO BE AN ILLEGAL CHARTER OP; IT WAS ASSIGNED TO ME WITHOUT THAT KNOWLEDGE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE FAA FSDO INSPECTOR HAS ADVISED HIM THAT HE WILL BE ISSUED A WARNING LETTER FOR VIOLATION OF OPERATING CHARTER FLTS EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY HAD BEEN CHARTER FLTS. SINCE HE IS ONLY ONE OF 4 PLTS TAKEN ILLEGAL FLTS; HE WILL ONLY GET WARNING BECAUSE OF HIS COOPERATION; BUT THE OTHERS WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR 6 MONTH PLT CERTIFICATE SUSPENSIONS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE FAA HAD RECEIVED INFO FROM THE PERSONS PAYING THE COMPANY FOR STRICTLY CHARTER FLTS. IN ADDITION; HE ADVISED THAT THE COMPANY HAD BEEN SUSPENDED 2 YRS AGO FOR ILLEGAL CHARTERS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEIR CERTIFICATE REINSTATED.