Week 4 - General Aviation Flashcards
1
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Personal Aviation
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Only 25% of general aviation
2
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Subsectors of Professional Services
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- Aerial Work (Specialized services)
- Commercial air transport (operations on flying passengers or cargo for a fee)
3
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Fixed-Base Operators (FBO’s)
A
Provides GA services at one airport
4
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Helicopters
A
Almost all helicopter operations are in General Aviation
5
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Business Aviation
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- Average business trip is less than1600 kilometers with 6 passengers
- Uses over 5000 airports
6
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Types of Business Aviation
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- Full Ownership (More than 200 hours a year)
- Fractional Ownership (100-200 hours a year)
- Jet Cards (25-100 hours each year)
- Charter (Less than 25 hours each year)
7
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Air Operator Certificate (AOC)
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Required to operate a commercial air operation
8
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Criteria for Licensing
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- Prerequisites (Age, experience)
- Training
- Demonstration of Competency
- Currency
9
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Professional Pilots
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- Most are members of International Federation of Airline Pilots Association
- Can become captain or transfer aircraft once seniority is gained
10
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Flight Attendants
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- started with teenage boys, transitioned to allow women as nurses
- training typically between 5 and 12 weeks
- Generally only in BA in GA
11
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Dispatchers
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- Similar to ATCO
- help pilots identify safest and most expeditious route
- ## delivers the flight plan to captain for approval
