General Knowledge Flashcards
What are your privileges as a commercial pilot?
Carry passengers or property for compensation or hire
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What are your limitations as a commercial pilot?
-(No instrument) The carriage of passengers for hire in (airplanes) (powered-lifts) on cross-
country flights in excess of 50 nautical miles or at night is prohibited.
-(91.111) No person may operate an aircraft, carrying passengers for hire, in formation flight
-(91.319) No person may operate an aircraft that has an experimental certificate carrying persons
or property for compensation or hire.
-(91.319) No person may operate an aircraft that has a restricted category civil aircraft carrying
persons or property for compensation or hire.
-No person may operate an aircraft that is limited category carrying persons or property for
compensation or hire
Can you rent a plane and fly someone for compensation?
No. You can only act as PIC
I CANNOT ACT AS PIC AND COMMERCIAL OPERATOR
What can you do with a commercial pilot’s license?
Banner towing
Fire fighting
Ferry flights
Student instruction
Crop dusting
Aerial photography
Bird chasing
Pipeline/ Powerline patrol
Parachute operations (25 nm)
Emergency mail
Non-stop Commercial Tours (LOA, 7,500lbs, 30 seats or less, 25 nm)
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What is common carraige
Holding out or willingness to carry passengers or property, place to
place, for compensation or hire.
What is private carriage
Private carriage for hire is carriage for one or several selected
customers , generally on a long-term basis, which does not involve “holding out”
What is holding out?
Advertising your services or willingness to carry all
What is a commercial operator?
A person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier or foreign
air carrier
Air Commerce
Interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce or the transportation of
mail by aircraft or any operation within the limits of any Federal airway which directly affects, or which may endanger safety in, interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce
Air Carrier
A person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage
in air transportation
What is operational control
With respect to a flight, means the exercise of authority over
initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.
What does pilot in command mean?
The person who has final authority for the operation and safety of
the flight.
What are the aircraft categories
Normal, utility, aerobatic, transport, limited, restricted
What are the classes of aircraft?
Airplane, rotorcraft, glider, balloon,
Categories of airmen certificates
Airplane, glider, rotorcraft, lighter than air,
