REGP121 Flashcards
Official source(s) of weather information
The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) or source approved by the NWS
§121.101 Weather reporting facilities.
Airborne weather radar equipment requirements.
No person may dispatch an airplane under IFR or night VFR conditions when current weather reports indicate that thunderstorms may reasonably be expected along the route to be flown, unless airborne weather radar equipment is in satisfactory operating condition.
§121.357 Airborne weather radar equipment requirements.
How many aircraft dispatchers must be on duty at any given time?
Each certificate holder shall provide enough qualified aircraft dispatchers to ensure proper operational control of each flight.
§121.395 Aircraft dispatcher: Domestic and flag operations.
What are aircraft dispatcher duty time limits and rest requirements?
(1) No certificate holder may schedule a dispatcher for more than 10 consecutive hours of duty;
(2) If a dispatcher is scheduled for more than 10 hours of duty in 24 consecutive hours, the certificate holder shall provide him or her a rest period of at least eight hours at or before the end of 10 hours of duty.
(3) Each dispatcher must be relieved of all duty with the certificate holder for at least 24 consecutive hours during any seven consecutive days or the equivalent thereof within any calendar month.
§121.465 Aircraft dispatcher duty time limitations: Domestic and flag operations.
What are the joint responsibilities of a pilot in command and an aircraft dispatcher?
The pilot in command and aircraft dispatcher are jointly responsible for:
Preflight planning
Delay
Dispatch release
§121.533 Responsibility for operational control: Domestic operations.
What are a dispatcher’s primary responsibilities?
The aircraft dispatcher is responsible for—
(1) Monitoring the progress of each flight;
(2) Issuing necessary information for the safety of the flight; and
(3) Canceling or redispatching a flight if, in his opinion or the opinion of the pilot in command, the flight cannot operate or continue to operate safely as planned.
§121.533 Responsibility for operational control: Domestic operations.
What are a pilot in command’s primary responsibilities and authority?
Each pilot in command of an aircraft is in command of the aircraft and crew and is responsible for the safety of the passengers, crewmembers, cargo, and airplane.
Each pilot in command has full control and authority in the operation of the aircraft, over other crewmembers and their duties.
§121.533 Responsibility for operational control: Domestic operations.
What are the requirements when an SIC has less than 100 hours of flight time in Part 121 operations in the current aircraft type?
If the PIC is not a qualified check pilot, the PIC must make all takeoffs and landings in the following situations:
(1) At special airports
(2) Prevailing visibility at or below 3/4 mile.
(3) Runway visual range for the runway to be used at or below 4,000 feet.
(4) Runway to be used has water, snow, slush or similar conditions.
(5) Braking action on the runway to be used is reported to be less than “good.”
(6) Crosswind component for the runway to be used is in excess of 15 knots.
(7) Windshear is reported in the vicinity of the airport.
(8) PIC discretion.
§121.438 Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirements.
Either the PIC or the SIC must have at least _____ hours of line operating flight time experience in the current type of airplane?
75
§121.438 Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirements.
All pilots must have made at least ____ takeoffs and landings in within the preceding ______ days in the type airplane in which the pilot is to serve.
3, 90
No certificate holder may use any person nor may any person serve as a required pilot flightcrew member, unless within the preceding 90 days, that person has made at least three takeoffs and landings in the type airplane in which that person is to serve.
§121.439 Pilot qualification: Recent experience.
What is meant by “sterile cockpit?”
No flight crewmember may engage in any activity during a critical phase of flight which could distract any flight crewmember from the performance of his or her duties.
All taxi operations, takeoff and landing, and other flight operations conducted below 10,000 feet, except cruise flight below 10,000 feet.
§121.542 Flight crewmember duties
Can a dispatcher declare an emergency for an aircraft he/she has dispatched or is exercising operational control?
Yes.
In an emergency situation arising during flight that requires immediate decision and action by an aircraft dispatcher, the aircraft dispatcher shall advise the PIC of the emergency, and ascertain the decision of the pilot in command.
If unable to communicate with the pilot, the aircraft dispatcher shall declare an emergency and take any action considered necessary under the circumstances.
§121.557 Emergencies: Domestic and flag operations.
Can a PIC take any action deemed necessary in the event of an emergency?
Yes.
In an emergency situation that requires immediate decision and action the pilot in command may take any action that the pilot considers necessary under the circumstances. The pilot may deviate from prescribed operations procedures and methods, and weather minimums, to the extent required in the interest of safety.
§121.557 Emergencies: Domestic and flag operations.
Where must a two-engine airplane be landed in the event of an engine failure, or an engine must be shut down according to a checklist (such as excessive vibration, overheating, fire etc)?
The PIC must land the airplane at the nearest suitable airport, in point of time, at which a safe landing can be made.
§121.565 Engine inoperative: Landing; reporting.
Where must an airplane with three or more engines be landed in the event of an engine failure, or an engine must be shut down according to a checklist (such as excessive vibration, overheating, fire etc)?
The PIC may proceed to an airport that the pilot selects if, based on a reasonable decision that proceeding to that airport is as safe as landing at the nearest suitable airport.
§121.565 Engine inoperative: Landing; reporting.
