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The certified air carrier and operators who must attach to, or include on, the flight release form the name of each flight crewmember, flight attendant, and designated pilot and command are
Supplemental and commercial
EXPLANATION:
Supplemental air carrier and commercial operators must attach to, or include on, the flight release form, containing at least the following information concerning each flight:
- Company or organization name;
- Make, model and registration number of the aircraft being used;
- Flight or trip number and the date of the flight;
- Name of each flight crew member, flight attendant, and pilot designated as pilot-in-command;
- Departure airport, destination airports, alternate airports, and route;
- Minimum fuel supply; and
- A statement of the type of operation (IFR, VFR).
Before an ETOPS flight may commence, an ETOPS
Check by whom?
Pre-departure service check must be certified by a PDSC Signatory Person.
Explanation:
An appropriately-trained, ETOPS-qualified maintenance person must accomplish and certify by signature ETOPS specific tasks. Before an ETOPS flight may commence, an ETOPS pre-departure service check (PDSC) Signatory Person, who has been authorized by the certificate holder, must certify by signature, that the ETOPS PDSC has been completed.
14 CFR part 121.374
For flight planning, a Designated ETOPS Alternate Airport
For ETOPS up to 180 minutes, must have RFFS equivalent to that specified by ICAO category 4, unless the airport’s RFFS can be augmented by local fire fighting assets within 30 minutes.
Each flag and domestic flight must have a dispatch release on board. The dispatch release can be in any form but must contain the following information.
- The identification number of the aircraft
- The trip number
- The departure, destination, intermediate and alternate airports
- The type of operation (IFR or VFR)
- The minimum fuel supply
- The latest weather reports and forecasts for the complete flight (may be attached to the release rather than be part of it)
The pilot-in-command of a flight shall carry in the airplane to its destination:
- A copy of the completed load manifest
- A copy of the dispatch release
- A copy of the flight plan
An ETOPS entry point means
The first entry point on the route of flight of an ETOPS flight using one-engine-inoperative cruise speed that is more than 60 minutes from an adequate airport for airplanes having two engines.
(14 CFR part 121.7)
Fuel Requirements
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All DOMESTIC FLIGHTS must have enough fuel to:
- Fly to the airport to which the flight was dispatched;
- Thereafter, fly to and land at the most distant alternate airport (if an alternate is required) and
- Thereafter, fly for 45 minutes at normal cruising fuel consumption.
(The fuel required for a FLAG FLIGHT landing in the 48 contiguous states or the District of Columbia is the same as for domestic flights.)
(The fuel requirements for RECIPROCATING-POWERED SUPPLEMENTAL OR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS landing in the contiguous 48 states is the same as for domestic operations.)
If an ALTERNATE IS NOT REQUIRED or the flight is being made to a remote airport where no alternate is available, the fuel requirements are:
- Enough fuel to fly to the destination, and then;
- Fly for two hours at normal cruising fuel consumption.
A TURBOJET SUPPLEMENTAL FLIGHT (with an alternate available) landing outside the 48 contiguous states must have fuel to:
- Fly to the destination, then
- Fly 10% of the total time required to fly to the destination, then
- Fly to the alternate, then
- Fly for 30 minutes at holding speed at 1,500 feet above the alternate.
PROPELLER DRIVEN FLAG FLIGHTS must have enough fuel to:
- Fly to the airport to which the flight was dispatched;
- Thereafter, fly to and land at the most distant alternate; and
- Thereafter, fly for 30 minutes plus 15% of the total flying time to the destination and the alternate at normal cruising fuel consumption; or fly for 90 minutes, whichever is less.
If an ALTERNATE IS NOT REQUIRED of the flight is being made to a remote airport where no alternate is available, the fuel requirements for RECIPROCATING ENGINE POWERED FLIGHTS are:
1. Enough fuel to fly to the destination, and then;
Fly for 3 hours at normal cruising fuel consumption.
Before takeoff all the passengers must be briefed on:
- Smoking,
- the location of emergency exits,
- the use of seat belts,
- the location and use of any required means of emergency flotation.
Which applies to the carriage of a person in the custody of law enforcement personnel?
No more than one person considered to be in the maximum risk category may be carried on a flight, and the person must have at least two armed law enforcement escorts.
49 CFR part 1544.221 (c)(2), (d)(3)
Certain emergency equipment must be carried on every air carrier airplane. What equipment must be carried?
Fire extinguishers, megaphones, first aid kits, and a crash ax.
How many crash axes are required aboard the airplane and where must they be carried?
Only one crash ax is required on the airplane and must be carried on the flight deck.
How many fire extinguishers are required?
At least one hand fire extinguisher must be carried on the flight deck. For cabin:
Passenger Seating Capacity / Extinguishers Required
6-30...........1 31-60.........2 61-200.......3 201-300.....4 301-400.....5 401-500.....6 501-600.....7 601+...........8
How many megaphones are required?
Capacity / Megaphones
60-99 passenger seating capacity = 1 megaphone
(Must be carried in the most rearward location in the passenger cabin that is readily accessible to a normal flight attendant seat.)
100+ passenger seating capacity = 2 megaphones
(One must be carried at the rear of the cabin and another megaphone must be carried at the front of the cabin)
If an emergency is declared by a pilot or dispatcher, the person declaring the emergency shall send a written report of any deviation through the air carrier’s operations manager to the Administrator (FAA). A dispatcher must send this report within ________.
A pilot-in-command must send the report within _______.
Dispatcher: within 10 days after the date of the emergency.
Pilot-in-command: within 10 days after returning to his/her home base.
When ATC gives priority to an aircraft in an emergency, the chief of the ATC facility involved may ask the pilot-in-command to submit a report. If asked, the pilot-in-command must submit a detailed written report to the ATC facility manager within ______.
48 hours
