Commercial Ops Flashcards
Definition of commercial operator AKA common carrier
Pilot seeking customer
“Holding Out” service to public
Definition of non common AKA private carriage
Customer seeks pilot
Does not involve “holding out”
Domestic operation:
What airplane specifications?
What location specs?
Airplane:
Turbojet or
+9 pax seats or
Payload +7500 lbs
Location:
Within cont. US or D.C. And authorized points outside the area
Includes legs of international trip entirely within the cont. US
Flag ops
What airplane specifications?
What location specs?
Airplane:
Turbojet or
+9 pax seats or
Payload +7500 lbs
Location:
Within AK or HI or
Within cont. US and any point outside cont. US or
Between two points outside the 50 US
Supplemental ops
Airplane specs
Location specs
Scheduled or non scheduled?
Airplane:
+30 pax seats or
Payload + 7500
Location:
Negotiated with customer
Non scheduled
Definition of operational control
Authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight
Who has operational control?
Dispatcher and PIC are jointly responsible
Before reaching the FAF or FAP, if the visibility is reported to be lower than mins can you continue the approach?
No. Vis needs to be higher than prescribed if you have not yet reached the faf or fap.
You also need an approved (NWS or other approved source) of Wx
What recent flight experience do you need to act as pic?
3 TO and ldgs within 90 days, same Type airplane. A visual or advanced sim can be used to be one current. There are stipulations to using a visual sim.
121.438
If the sic has less than 100 hrs as sic in the type and the pic is not a check pilot, then the pic must make all TO and ldgs in the following situations:
1) at specially designated airports
2) vis is at or below 3/4 sm (4000 rvr)
3) water, snow or slush on runway
4) braking action is less than “good”
5) +15 knot crosswind component
6) reported windshear
7) any condition pic thinks might be prudent
121.438
If you have less than 75 hours in the type as pic or sic, you cannot conduct operations under 121 unless:
1) newly certificated certificate holder doesn’t employ any pilots who meet the minimums
2) cert holder adds a new type to its fleet
3) cert holder adds a new domicile and requires pilots to be qualified on the airplanes from that domicile
121.440
To act as pic you need to have a line check within how many months?
What does it consist of?
Within the preceding 12 months
A check airmen does at least one flight over your normal route, a federal or foreign airway or a direct route
121.441
To act as pic you need to have a proficiency check or sim training within how many months?
What does it consist of?
6 calendar months
1 ILS approach to missed app 1 SE ILS to landing 2 nonprecision Holding Stalls Steep turns Single engine work
For all other-than-pic pilots: you need to have a proficiency check within how many months?
What does it consist of?
12 months
1 ILS 1 NP app Holding Stalls Steep turns SE work
What is a load manifest (LM)?
A weight and balance (WB)
