Regulations Flashcards
Can a SIC with less than 75 hrs in type conduct eligible on demand operations?
Yes, as long as the PIC has 75 hrs in type and the SIC has at least 500 hrs total time.
What limitations are there on SIC conducting landing during eligible on demand operations?
If the SIC has less than 100 hrs in type, the PIC has to make all TO&L when:
1. Destination airport analysis is required
2. Visibility <3/4 SM
3. RVR <4,000 feet
4. Contaminated runway - water, snow, slush, etc
5. Breaking action < Good
6. Crosswind >15 kts
7. Windshear reported
8. Any other condition the PIC deems necessary
If you exercise your authority to deviate from a regulation in response to an emergency, do you have to report your actions?
Yes, under 135 you have 10 business days to file a written report with the airlines FSDO.
How long are W&B sheets kept at company HQ?
30 days
If you are flying an ILS approach and the GS goes out, do you have to report it?
Yes
What materials are you required to have accessible to you in the aircraft at your pilot station?
Cockpit checklist, Emergency cockpit checklist, Pertinent aeronautical charts, for multi-engine aircraft - one engine operating climb performance data.
Explain the concept of a sterile cockpit
No nonessential activities during critical phases of flight, ground operations, taxi, takeoff, landing, and all flight below 10,000’ (except for cruise flight).
Can you swap who is PIC?
No
When do you have to brief your passengers?
Prior to takeoff, PIC shall ensure all passengers have been briefed.
What items must be in the passenger brief?
- Smoking
- Use of safety belts
- Seats backs upright for TO&L
- Operation of exits and emergency exits
- Location of survival equipment
- For extended overwater operations - ditching procedures and flotation equipment
- For flights over 12,000’ MSL - normal and emergency use of O2
- Location of fire extinguishers
Are lap children allowed?
Yes, must be under 2 yrs old
When are passengers required to be in their seats?
Movement on the surface, taxi, TO&L
Are you allowed to operate any electronic devices in flight?
Yes, only the following:
1. Portable voice recorders
2. hearing aids
3. heart pacemakers
4. electronic shavers
5. any other device approved by the certificate holder
When do you have to have a cockpit voice recorder?
Multiengine, turbine-powered, 2 pilots required by certification or operating rules, 6 or more passenger seats
When do you have to have a terrain awareness and warning system?
turbine powered, 6-9 passenger - class B TWAS
turbine powered, >9 passenger - class A TWAS
When do you have to wear your shoulder harness?
TO&L unless it interferes with a crew member duty
Can you depart with your airborne radar inop?
Yes, check with the MEL
How often do you have to weigh the aircraft?
36 months
Can you use your own personal observations of the weather if an airport does not have weather reporting?
Yes, if you are operating VFR
Can you takeoff from an airport with weather below the landing minimums? Anything extra required?
(OpSpec C057) If standard takeoff min apply, then you use the lowest landing min instead.
(OpSpec C079) If C057 applies, then you can go even lower, possibly down to 600 RVR.
135.217 - must have an alternate airport within 1 hr flight time of your departure airport (TO alternate).
How much fuel are you required to have to takeoff?
Enough to fly to your destination, then to an alternate (if required), and then for 45 minutes at normal cruise.
When are you required to have an alternate?
Destination has an instrument approach, from 1 hr before and 1 hr after your ETA:
1. Ceiling is 1,500’ above the lowest circling minima OR
2. if no circling approaches are authorized, 1,500 above the lowest published minima OR 2,000’ whichever is higher.
3. Visibility is 3 SM or 2 SM more than the lowest applicable minima for the approach to be used.
Can you begin an approach if the weather is below the minimums for that approach?
Yes, to begin an approach the weather has to be above the minimums for the airport, not necessarily the approach to be used.
NOTE - Accepting vectors for an approach does constitute beginning an approach.
Can you complete an approach if the weather is below the minimums for that approach?
Yes, if you are past FAF, otherwise you cannot continue the approach past the FAF.
If takeoff mins are published that are higher than standard, can you lower mins?
NO, must use the published part 97 mins. OpSpec C057 and C079 are of no help
How many hours are you allowed to fly in a day?
10 hrs for 2 crew members, 8 hrs for single pilot
Are you allowed to exceed 10 hrs of flight time for a 2 pilot crew?
Yes, if the flight was planned to be less than 10 hrs, and events beyond the control of the certificate holder result in the extra time.
If you do exceed your flight time limitations, are there any consequences?
Yes, your next rest period must be extended to:
11 hrs for < 30 min flight time over the limit
12 hrs for >30 min but <60 min over the limit
16 hrs for > 60 min over the limit
How many hours can you fly in a year?
1,400 hrs of commercial time
How many hours can you fly in a quarter?
no more than 500 hrs of commercial time
How many hours can you fly in 2 consecutive quarters?
800 hrs
How many days off (at least 24 hrs) are you required to take?
13 per quarter