Chapter 4 Flight Crew Responsibilities

Question 1

What are the categories of training for flight crew?

Answer 1

Initial, conversion and recurrent

Question 2

Where can training requirements be found in the ops manual?

Answer 2

Part D

Question 3

What has to be taught as part of initial training?

Answer 3

Human factors training

Question 4

In what time period after joining an operator does a CRM course have to be completed?

Answer 4

Within a year

Question 5

What must not be done while attending a conversion course?

Answer 5

No other type of aircraft

Question 6

What content is included in the conversion course?

Answer 6

Ground training and checking, sim training, emergency equipment training, OPC, LPC, LOFT and the a final line check

Question 7

How long is a license proficiency check valid for?

Answer 7

12 months

Question 8

How often is an operator proficiency check carried out?

Answer 8

6 months

Question 9

Under what flight rules must an OPC be carried out under?

Answer 9

IFR

Question 10

Who carries out a line check?

Answer 10

By a training captain

Question 11

Can you fail a line check purely on CRM issues?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

How long is a line check valid for?

Answer 12

12 months plus remainder of the month

Question 13

In what period must supervised line training commence after passing a skills test?

Answer 13

21 days

Question 14

What is annual refresher training on?

Answer 14

Aircraft systems, ops procedures, review of incidents and STD training

Question 15

Over what period does emergency and safety equipment training occur?

Answer 15

Every 3 years

Question 16

When is all weather operations training carried out?

Answer 16

Before each winter period as part of LPC

Question 17

How often is dangerous goods training carried out?

Answer 17

Every 2 years

Question 18

What training records must be kept!

Answer 18

All training carried out must be recorded and stored

Question 19

What is required for you to be current on the type flown?

Answer 19

3 t/o’s, 3 approaches and 3 landings in previous 90 days as pilot flying (can be in sim or in an aircraft)

Question 20

When may the 90 days currency be expected?

Answer 20

May be extended to 120 days if under supervision of a TRE

Question 21

What is differences and familiarisation training required?

Answer 21

When you operate more than one variant of the same aircraft

Question 22

What is familiarisation training?

Answer 22

Knowledge based training when two similar variants are very similar or there are a change of SOPs

Question 23

What is differences training?

Answer 23

Significant differences between variants (involves time in a sim)

Question 24

What guidelines must the ops manual include regarding operation of two type of aircraft?

Answer 24

Company procedures for training on two types, recent experience needed to begin training on another training and recent experience required to stay current

Question 25

What are the minimum flight crew requirements?

Answer 25

IFR or at night for all turboprops with 9 or more pax must be double crewed and at least 2 for all turbojets

Question 26

When may the commander and co-pilot be relieved?

Answer 26

Commander = by a pilot holding an ATPL above FL200
FO = by a pilot holding a CPL above FL200

Question 27

What experiences/requirements are needed to be a commander?

Answer 27

Passed a command course, has the requirements set out by the national authority and involves sim training/OPC/line training