commercial air law Flashcards
What is the flight time limitation for private operations in 12 consecutive months?
1200 h
What is the flight time limitation for private operations in 90 consecutive days?
300h
What is the flight time limitation for private operations in 30 consecutive days?
120 h
What is the flight time limitation for private operations for single pilot IFR flights in 24h?
8h single ifr in 24h
What is the flight time limitation for commercial operations in 365 consecutive days?
1000h
What is the flight time limitation for commercial operations in 90 consecutive days?
300h
What is the flight time limitation for commercial operations in 28 consecutive days?
112 h
What is the flight time limitation for single pilot commercial operations? Per 24 h
8 h of single pilot commercial flights per 24h
Flight duty time limitation for private operations and what is the exception?
Can’t be on duty more than 14h in a 24h period
Except if your total duty time in the past 30 days has not exceeded 70 hours and you’ve had at least 24h of rest before your shift
Flight duty time limitation for commercial operations
What does it depend on
Max 9-13h on duty depending on time and number of flights
You’re granted no less than a ——- minute break every ——— hours while on duty
15 min break every 6 h
Minimum rest period at home vs at a provided accommodation
At home = 12h or 11h + travel time
At accomodation=10h
An unforeseen operational circumstance causes a private pilots flight duty time to be extended
What is the maximum time it can be extended, and now much does the following rest period get extended
private
Max flight duty extension = 3h
Rest period must get extended by same amount of time
An unfor seen circumstance causes a commercial pilots flight duty time to get extended. What are the possible adjustments that the pic can make to the crews duty time?
- Extend 1h duty to a single pilot
- Extend 2h of duty if there’s no augmented crew
- Extend 3h of duty if there is an augmented crew and there’s only 1 flight during the duty period
- Extend 2h of duty if there is an augmented crew and there’s 2-3 flights during the duty period
An unforeseen circumstance resulted in the private pilot extending their duty time, their boss must keep a record of this extension for how long?
5 years
A private pilots flight duty period can get split so that their duty period can get extended. What is the maximum can get extended, the additional rest requirement and how much does your next rest period after duty get extended?
Max extension = 4h
rest period mid-duty of at least 4h
and your next rest period must be extended by the same amount of time as the duty extension
What certificate do you need to do any commercial flight?
Air operator certificate
What’s considered an “air taxi”
Single engine
MCTOW 19 000 lbs
9 passengers or less
What’s considered a “commuter”
Multi engine + MCTOW 19 000 lbs + 10-19 passengers
Or
Turbo jet under 50 000 lbs + under 19 passengers
What’s considered a “transport”
Piston engine with more 19 passengers and more 19 000 lbs
Or
Jet engine with more 10 passengers and more 12 000 lbs
What’s considered “airliner”
Multi engine
More 19 000 lbs
20+ passengers
To do a commercial flight with passengers, what must be accessible to each passenger
Safety card
A “high performance plane” rating allows you to fly what type of plane
MFC one pilot with Vne 250 KT or greater and/or a Vso of 80 KT or greater
What must you complete to get a high performance rating
200h total flight time
Ground school and flight training
Must do test flight with TC person within last 12 months to see if you qualify
How to get the “two pilots MFC” rating
250h total
Ground school and flight training
Written IATRA (70%) or ATPL
PPC within 12 months
How often must you complete a pilot proficiency check PPC
Every 12 mo
AERIAL WORK
- passengers ?
- day VFR minima under 1000 AGL
- fly over water ?
- lighting req
No passengers
2 SM under 1000 agl
Can’t fly farther than glide unless AOC permit
Landing light
In order to do aerial work, what three things do you need
Have required ratings from AOC
PPC
TC training
Validity period of PPC for aerial work
can it be extended?
when can it be renewed
good until the first day of the 25th month (2y 1mo)
extended 60 days with approval
renewed within 90 days before expiry date
what is considered an air taxi operation?
weight
number of passengers
what type of planes
less than 19 000 lbs
9 passengers or less
any plane authorized by TC
an air taxi cannot fly in IFR or night VFR unless ——- allows it and the plane is equipped with what
AOC allows it
plane has PT6 or PT12 turbine engine
VFR flight obstacle clearance (day vs night) and visiibility (controled vs uncontrolled) for an air taxi cannot
day - 300 AGL and 300 ft from obstacle
night - 1000 ft above the highest obstacle within 3 miles
uncontrolled - 2 SM (unless COM says otherwise)
controlled - follows normal rule
T/F: you don’t need an approved route for night VFR as an air taxi, only IFR air taxi
false need approved route for night VFR and IFR as an air taxi operation
what qualifications must the pilot have to be air taxi
rating
when do you need PPC
how many to and landings
training
CPL or ATPL (and other ratings)
need a PPC if night VFR or IFR
3 to and landings - all commercial
annual air operators training
a PPC is required for what type of flights or planes
night VFR
IFR
multi engine planes
how long is a PPC valid for air taxi?
when can it be renewed
can it be extended
how much time must pass before you need to retake initial training?
valid until first day of the 13th month
renewed within 90 days before
extended 60 days
if more than 24mo since your last PPC, need to retake initial training
you can fuel an air taxi when passengers embarking/disembaring under what conditions
- approved in COM
- pilot supervised
- exits clear
- engines OFF *unless parking break
- no smoking (spark)
what certificate is required to be an instructor
flight training unit operating certificate
if you don’t have the FTU certificate but want to train someone, you can IF…
- you have an AOC or private operator registration doc
- your plane is in the AOC
- training toward using that specific plane (not getting a licence)
- trainee is the owner of the plane
in order to train someone, you must tell TC what:
and if something changes, how quick must you tell TC?
student information
base of operations
category of plane
type of flight training
instructor info
anything changes? tell TC within 10 days
what is private operator passenger transportation
a company buys a plane to shuttle it’s workers around (not selling seats to random people)
you need the private operator registration document if you’re transporting people/goods in a:
size of plane
type of plane
passengers
large plane (above 12 500 lbs)
turbo jet plane
turbine powered, pressurized plane with 6+ passengers
if a company updates their Private Operators Operations Manual, how soon after must they tell TC?
within 10 days
a company (private operator that bought this plane for shuttling employees) must keep their records of each flight for at least how long
180 days
what are the 4 Ps of safety management plan
philosophy
policy
procedure
practices
what is the CADORS
who analyzes the cadors
who does it involve
civil aviation daily occurrence reporting system
TC gathers initial information and if further action required the transportation safety board will investigate
for occurrences involving canadian planes, canadian airports or canadian embassy
