CA.I.A Pilot Qualifications

Question 1

What is the age requirement to receive a commercial pilot certificate?

Answer 1

18

Question 2

What are the privileges of a commercial pilot?

Answer 2

Act as PIC of an aircraft:

1.) For compensation or hire.
2.) Carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.

Question 3

How would you describe “operational control”?

Answer 3

It means to have the authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.

Question 4

If a friend owned an airplane and offered to pay you to fly it, could you accept?

Answer 4

Yes, your friend is providing the aircraft and taking operational control.

Question 5

What are the restrictions on a commercial pilot if they do not hold an instrument rating?

Answer 5

An instrument rating, you can not fly passengers:
1.) At night
2.) in excess of 50 nautical miles from the departure airport.

Question 6

What is a common carrier?

Answer 6

A commercial flight operation that involves holding out.

Question 7

What are the four elements that define “common carriage”?

Answer 7

1) A holding out or willingness to…
2) transport, persons or property…
3) from place to place
4) for compensation

Question 8

What is a for-hire private carrier? Would they require an AOC?

Answer 8

Simply a commercial flight operation that does not involve holding out.

Yes. If the flying is not incidental to the business, commercial flight operations must have an AOC and operate under parts 121 or 135.

Question 9

What is part 125?

Answer 9

It covers operations of large aircraft, not engaged in common carriage. Rules of this part are triggered when the plane’s max payload exceeds 6000lbs or has a seating capacity of 20 or more.

Question 10

When is a type rating required?

Answer 10

When acting as PIC of an aircraft with:
1) max takeoff weight >12500lbs
2) turbojet powered
3) administrator requires a type rating

Question 11

When is a high altitude endorsement required?

Answer 11

When acting as PIC of a pressurized aircraft, defined as an aircraft having a service ceiling or maximum operating altitude above above FL250

Question 12

What is the currency requirement for carrying passengers during the day?

Answer 12

3 takeoff and landings in the proceeding 90 days in the same category, class and type of airplane.

Question 13

What is the currency requirement for carrying passengers at night?

Answer 13

3 takeoffs and landings (to a full stop) in the proceeding 90 days in the same category class and type of airplane.

Must be one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.

Question 14

What are the currency requirements for an instrument rating?

Answer 14

6 HITS
6 - instrument approaches
H - Holding procedures
I - intercept a course
T - tracked a course
S - using navigational systems
In the previous 6 months, or IPC.

Question 15

How long is a first class medical valid for?

Answer 15

12 months if under 40.
- Reverts to 3rd class

6 months if over 40.
- Reverts to 2nd for 6 months, then 3rd class after.

Question 16

How long is the second-class medical valid for?

Answer 16

Valid for 12 months, regardless of age.
Reverts to third class.

Question 17

How long is a third class medical valid for?

Answer 17

Valid for 60 months (5 years) if the pilot is under 40.

Valid for 24 calendar months (2 years) if the pilot is 40 and over.

Question 18

What is required to fly under basic med?

Answer 18

• Pilot must have held a medical at some point after July 14, 2006.
• Hold a current US drivers license.
• have a comprehensive medical exam checklist filled out by physician every 48 months
• take an online self examination course every 24 months

Question 19

What are the limitations to flying under basic med?

Answer 19

1.) cannot fly for hire.
2.) no conducting Flight above 18000ft.
3.) speed below 250knots
4.) aircraft max takeoff weight <6000lbs and no more than 5 passengers.

Question 20

What personal documents must you carry while acting as PIC?

Answer 20

Commercial pilots certificate, photo ID, and medical with current commercial pilot privileges.

Question 21

When can you log nighttime?

Answer 21

End of evening civil twilight to the beginning of morning civil twilight.

Question 22

What is the difference between proficiency and currency?

Answer 22

Proficiency concerns safety, currency deals with legality.
Just because the pilot can fly legally, doesn’t mean they can always fly safely.

Question 23

Scenario: to celebrate passing your Checkride your mother offers to cover all Flight expenses, and buy you lunch if you’d be willing to rent a plane and take her flying. Could you accept?

Answer 23

No, you cannot secure the aircraft and receive compensation.

Question 24

If you complete a flight review in a single engine aircraft, are you also current in a multi engine aircraft?

Answer 24

Yes, once a Flight review is completed in any aircraft that you were rated to fly, you are now currently in all the other aircraft which you are rated.

Question 25

What are some examples of 119.1 exemptions?

Answer 25

Flight instruction, nonstop air tours within 25 mile radius, ferry, or training, flights, crop dusting, banner, towing, nonstop parachute, jump flight

Question 26

If you took a job as Part 91 corporate pilot, what are some things you would want to keep an eye out for to ensure you weren’t part of an illegal, uncertificated operation?

Answer 26

Flying should be incidental to the business (costing the business money). Make sure the owner/operator isn’t selling seats or cargo space. Also, passengers should be
traveling only for related purposes.