Operations Flashcards
Features of a charter airline?
Usually booked through travel agencies and corporate clients
Limited meals, baggage and seating capabilities
No scheduled services
Schedules change often
Limited destinations
Varying aircraft types
Regional airlines?
provide connections for all passenger types from smaller airports to larger hubs
Smaller A/C
Limited inflight services
may be subsidised by govts to provide remote services
Cargo Airlines?
Only carry freight - reduces cost in customer service
Schedule varies
operate at night, cheaper ldg fees & daytime processing
OCC Responsibilities
Managing and coordinating daily schedules
Maintaining network performance
Dealing with irregular operations
IRROPS definition? & considerations
Aircraft availability Crew availability Passenger considerations Revenue/cost considerations (future, direct, indirect) Special circumstances Long-term impact upon airline Alternatives (fuel, time) (Revenue: (retained vs. lost), crew (duty time, overtime, accommodation), maintenance (servicing, resources), manpower (labour, ground staff, operations staff), passengers (hotel, meals, re-routing, transfers to other operators) and regulatory costs.)
OCC responsibilities? 3
Managing and coordinating daily schedules
Maintaining network performance
Dealing with irregular operations (known as IRROPs)
Crisis Management
OCC Tasks?
Schedule management Ops Control Hub & Turnaround Management Flight Planning Maint Control Crew management Weight & balance Pax& Cargo movement
What is included in a flight plan by a flight dispatcher?
Aircraft type Meteorological conditions Loads and optimal weights Mechanical condition of aircraft Marketing constraints Airport limitations and curfews
Stages of flight operation?
Planning Pre-flight Pre-departure Gate departure Taxi out Take off Climb Cruise Descent Terminal Area arrival Final Approach Landing & Rollout Taxi-in Parking Post flight
3 Reasons for the existence of the civil aviation act?
Framework for the legal environment
Makes aviation safety the government’s responsibility
Describes who has the authority to create rules
Describes the process for making the rules
Describes criminal acts specific to aviation and their maximum consequences
Considerations for fit & proper person
Medical history and behavioural conditions
Compliance history with transport regulations
Criminal convictions and history
2 Caveats required to break a rule in an emergency
Breaches of the rules are only allowed to the extent that is necessary
ATC must be immediately notified
There must not been any other reasonable means of alleviating, avoiding, or assisting with the emergency situation. The Act also stipulates that the degree of danger involved in complying with the prescribed requirements must be greater than the degree of danger involved in deviating from it.
Four ratings held with pilots licence?
Instructor, Aerobatic Glider Tow Paradrop Agricultural Instrument Flight Examiner
Purpose of A/C Maint management?
Flight Safety
Reliability
Airworthiness
Airworthy by CAA?
Conforms in all respects with its approved or properly modified type design
Is maintained in accordance with the appropriate rules
Is fit for flight
What is included in a type cert?
1) the type design; and
(2) the operating limitations; and
(3) the type certificate data sheet; and
(4) the applicable airworthiness design standards specified in Appendix C; and
(5) for an aircraft type, the flight manual; and
(6) any other conditions or limitations prescribed for the product type under this Part.
Group rating?
Each category of licence has one or more groups within that category that give blanket permission to work on a class of aircraft or aircraft systems.
Type rating?
Type ratings are for a specific aircraft type
With more complex aircraft or aircraft systems, sometimes specific knowledge to the aircraft type is necessary and blanket permissions of group ratings will not apply.
Categories of AMEL?
Aeroplanes Rotorcraft Powerplant Electrical Instrument Radio Lighter-than-air
Maint problems?
Corrosion
Bird strike
Prop Strike
Hard landing
3 Types of personnel required of aircraft maint organisation?
CEO Senior persons to perform: - Control & direction of maint activities - Personnel auths - Safety Management Systems
Things found in the AMM?
Time limits Scheduled maint checks Maint practices Flight line checks Unscheduled checks
