Air taxi pilot reported that while deviating around thunderstorms; the track resulted in flying fart...

Attributes
ACN	1741192
Time
Date	202004
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Flight from ZZZ to ZZZ1 in an overwater equipped aircraft with a co-pilot that hasn't completed overwater training. We were on a filed route that kept us close to the shoreline but had to deviate around area of heavy thunderstorms which got us farther off shore than authorized by our ops specs. I filed the flight [plan]; but didn't take into account that any deviation further offshore would exceed acceptable distance from the shoreline. Due to covid-19 my co-pilot's overwater training had been cancelled and that fact I hadn't considered when I filed the flight plan. I will definitely review everyone's quals in the future and be sure the filed route complies with all regulations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air taxi pilot reported that while deviating around thunderstorms; the track resulted in flying farther offshore than allowed by company Ops Specs. The pilot noted that due to COVID-19 the co-pilot's overwater training had been cancelled.

Narrative: Flight from ZZZ to ZZZ1 in an overwater equipped aircraft with a co-pilot that hasn't completed overwater training. We were on a filed route that kept us close to the shoreline but had to deviate around area of heavy thunderstorms which got us farther off shore than authorized by our ops specs. I filed the flight [plan]; but didn't take into account that any deviation further offshore would exceed acceptable distance from the shoreline. Due to COVID-19 my co-pilot's overwater training had been cancelled and that fact I hadn't considered when I filed the flight plan. I will definitely review everyone's quals in the future and be sure the filed route complies with all regulations.

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Air taxi pilot reported that while deviating around thunderstorms; the track resulted in flying farther offshore than allowed by company ops specs. The pilot noted that due to covid-19 the co-pilot's overwater training had been cancelled.