Commercial Regulations Flashcards
What are the privileges apply to the commerical certification?
A commercial pilot may act as PIC of an aircraft:
a. carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire, or
b. for compensation or hire.
§61.133 Commercial pilot privileges and limitations.
(a) Privileges—(1) General. A person who holds a commercial pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of an aircraft—
(i) Carrying persons or property for compensation or hire, provided the person is qualified in accordance with this part and with the applicable parts of this chapter that apply to the operation; and . . .
What jobs may a commercial pilot perform?
Unless the pilot is working for a company that has a commercial carrier license, the pilot may only perform the following jobs:
i. Student Training
ii. Non-stop sightseeing tours (25 statute-mile limitation)
iii. Ferrying airplanes
iv. Training flights
v. Crop dusting
vi. Banner towing
vii. Aerial photography
viii. Power line or pipeline patrol
§119.1 Applicability.
(e) Except for operations when common carriage is not involved conducted with airplanes having a passenger-seat configuration of 20 seats or more, excluding any required crewmember seat, or a payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more, this part does not apply to—
(1) Student instruction;
(2) Nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted after September 11, 2007, in an airplane or helicopter having a standard airworthiness certificate and passenger-seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer and a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less that begin and end at the same airport, and are conducted within a 25-statute mile radius of that airport, in compliance with the Letter of Authorization issued under §91.147 of this chapter. For nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted in accordance with part 136, subpart B of this chapter, National Parks Air Tour Management, the requirements of part 119 of this chapter apply unless excepted in §136.37(g)(2). For Nonstop Commercial Air Tours conducted in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, the requirements of SFAR 50-2, part 93, subpart U, and part 119 of this chapter, as applicable, apply.
(3) Ferry or training flights;
(4) Aerial work operations, including—
(i) Crop dusting, seeding, spraying, and bird chasing;
(ii) Banner towing;
(iii) Aerial photography or survey;
(iv) Fire fighting;
(v) Helicopter operations in construction or repair work (but it does apply to transportation to and from the site of operations); and
(vi) Powerline or pipeline patrol;
(5) Sightseeing flights conducted in hot air balloons;
(6) Nonstop flights conducted within a 25-statute-mile radius of the airport of takeoff carrying persons or objects for the purpose of conducting intentional parachute operations.
(7) Helicopter flights conducted within a 25 statute mile radius of the airport of takeoff if—
(i) Not more than two passengers are carried in the helicopter in addition to the required flightcrew;
(ii) Each flight is made under day VFR conditions;
(iii) The helicopter used is certificated in the standard category and complies with the 100-hour inspection requirements of part 91 of this chapter;
(iv) The operator notifies the FAA Flight Standards District Office responsible for the geographic area concerned at least 72 hours before each flight and furnishes any essential information that the office requests;
(v) The number of flights does not exceed a total of six in any calendar year;
(vi) Each flight has been approved by the Administrator; and
(vii) Cargo is not carried in or on the helicopter;
(8) Operations conducted under part 133 of this chapter or 375 of this title;
(9) Emergency mail service conducted under 49 U.S.C. 41906; or
(10) Operations conducted under the provisions of §91.321 of this chapter.
What are the limitations of a commercial pilot certification?
a. Commercial pilot certification does not mean you can act as a commercial carrier; a commercial carrier may operate under a business’ commercial carrier license
b. If the pilot does not have an instrument rating:
i. Carriage of passenges for hire on cross-country flights cannot exceed 50 nautical miles
ii. Carriage of passenges for hire cannot occur at night
Define “common carriage.”
Common carriage is the carriage of persons or cargo as a result of advertising the availability of the carriage to the public.
A pilot becomes a common carrier when they hold themselves out to the public as willing to furnish transportation within the limits of its facilities to any person who wants it.
What are the four elements of common carriage.
- Holding out or willingness
- to transport persons or property
- from place to place
- for compensaiton
Define “holding out.”
Holding out is offering to the public the carriage of persons and property for hire either intrastate or intersatate. This can be done via signs, agents, agencies, salesmen, word of moth, or other advertising medium.
Define “private carriage.”
Private carriage is carriage for hire that does not involve holding out, usually for one or a few select customers on a long-term basis.
(E.g. employees, members of a club, incidental to the pilot’s business, long-term contract with a single business that did not result from holding out.)
What are requirements for pilots during different flights?
The pilot must have a valid pilot certificates, photo ID, and current appropriate medical certificate.
To fly a high performance aircraft (i.e. an aircraft that has above 200 horsepower per engine), the pilot must have logged ground and flight training, found proficient in the airplane, and recived the appropriate logbook endorsement.
To fly in an aircraft that has a pressurized cabin (i.e. an airplane with a service ceiling or max operating altitude above 25,000 MSL), the pilot must have logged ground and flight training in a pressurized cabin which includes high altitude aerodynamics, hypoxia, meteorology, respiration, and recieved the proper logbook endorsement.
To fly a tailwheeled airplane, the pilot must have logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor and received the proper logbook endorsement.
What requirements must the pilot meet to remain current?
The pilot must accomplish a flight review with an instructor wihin the preceding 24 calendar months.
To carry passengers, within the preceding 90 days, 3 take-offs and landings in the same category, class, and type (if for a tailwheeled aircraft, the take-offs and landings must have been made to a full stop; for night currency, the take-offs and andings must have been made at night).
What medical certificate is required for a commercial pilot?
A second class medical or higher is required to be PIC.
Second class medicals expire at the end of the last day of the 12th month after the date of examination.
