Privileges and Limitations Flashcards
What privileges apply to a commercial pilot?
May act as PIC of an aircraft:
a. Carrying persons or property
b. For compensation or hire
Does a commercial pilot certificate allow you to act as a commercial operator?
No, it only allows you to work for a commercial operator and be paid for your service, with certain exceptions.
What are examples of operations that do not require a commercial pilot to possess a “Operating Certificate”?
a. Student instruction
b. Certain nonstop sightseeing flights
c. Ferry Flights
d. Training Flights
e. Crop Dusting
f. Banner Towing
g. Aerial Photography
h. Power line / Pipeline patrol
What does the term “commercial operator” refer to?
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.
Define the term “common carriage”
The carriage of passengers or cargo as a result of advertising the availability of the carriage to the public. A carrier becomes a common carrier when it “holds itself out” to the public.
The four elements in defining a “common carrier” are:
a. Holding out to the public
b. Transport person or property
c. From place to place
d. For compensation
Define “holding out”.
Offering to the public the carriage of persons and property for hire by
a. Signs and advertising
b. Agents / Salesmen obtaining passenger traffic from the general public.
c. Reputation
Define the term “private carriage”.
Carriage for hire that does not involve holding out is “private carriage”. Private carriage for hire is carriage for one or several selected customers, generally on a long-term basis.
What is contained in Part 119?
Cetification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
What is contained in Part 121?
Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations
What is contained in Part 125?
Certification and Operations: Airplanes having a seating capacity of 20 or more passengers or a maximum payload of 6,000 lbs. or more.
What is contained in Part 135?
Operation Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operations
What is contained in Part 137?
Agricultural Aircraft Operations
What limitation is imposed on a commercial airplane pilot if that person does not hold and instrument rating?
a. Cannot carry passengers for hire in airplanes on cross country flights in excess of 50 nautical miles;
b. Cannot carry passengers for hire in airplanes at night.
To act as PIC or in any other capacity as a required flight crew member of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in his/her physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft?
a. A valid pilot certificate
b. Photo identification
c. Current and appropriate medical certificate
If a pilot changes his/her permanent mailing address and fails to notify the FAA, the pilot is entitled to exercise the privileges of the pilot certificate for what period of time?
30 days after the date of the move
If a pilot certificate were lost or destroyed, a pilot could continue to exercise privileges of that certificate provided he/she follows what specific procedure?
a. application to DOT, FAA
b. Use copy for 60 days