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When may a required flight deck crewmember leave the assigned duty station?

(a) and (c) are both correct.

What is the minimum age for sitting in the emergency exit row?

15

What are the categories malfunctions are recorded into?

All of the above

In the maintenance program what is the "CASS" system?

Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System

Where could a dispatcher or flight crewmember look to determine that the carrier is authorized to fly to a certain area?

The appropriate ops specs paragraph

Prior to flight, who is responsible for airplane security?

the ground security coordinator

Records to show that all requirements for issuing a maintenance release have been met must be kept available for inspection for how long?

1 year

What are the four types of letter checks?

A,B,C,D

Which aircraft shall not be listed on the air carriers listing records?

Aircraft listed in the Ops Specs without the necessary liability insurance

What precautions must an air carrier take when transporting a passenger that requires medical oxygen?

An air carrier may allow a passenger to carry and operate oxygen equipment as long as that carrier supplies the necessary equipment.

What are "B" checks and how often are they done?

Bi Monthly

The verification program that contains the employment and security information for determining if an individual is authorized by the FAA to occupy an aircraft's flight deck jump seat operations is called?

CASS

What does CAMP stand for in the FAA?

Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program

If a Part 121 carrier contracts its maintenance work out to a foreign Part 145 maintenance facility, then that facility must provide its workers .

It is not required to provide its workers any time off.

The air carrier certificate holder may delegate the responsibility for airworthiness of its aircraft to:

Neither (a) nor (b) is permitted.

What are "A" checks and how often are they done?

a or b above

For how long must a copy of each flight's load manifest be kept on file?

3 months

An air carrier is required to maintain a record of each en route radio contact between the certificate holder and its pilots for what period of time?

30 days

What is an emergency AD?

A regulatory requirements for correcting the unsafe condition, requiring immediate corrective action by owner/operator

A 6 foot 10 inch passenger with a broken arm (in a cast and a sling) is seated in the emergency exit row prior to takeoff. A flight attendant asks the passenger if he is willing to trade with a person deemed capable of operating the emergency exit. The passenger refuses. What is the required course of action?

Advise the Captain and Ground personnell to remove the passenger from the flight

What are the four type of repairs the FAA considers "major" repairs?

Airframe, Powerplant, Propeller, Appliance major repairs

Name the items that must be included on the load manifest.

All of the above

What must be contained on the maintenance records?

All of the above

What are the items that must be done for an air carrier to get a computer-based record keeping system approved?

All the above

How are ADs distributed?

By first class mail, telegram, or other electronic methods to the registered owners and certain known operators of the product affected.

What paperwork is the pilot-in-command required by Part 121, Subpart V, to carry aboard an airplane to its destination for domestic and flag operations?

Completed load manifest, dispatch release, flight plan

From the time the airplane moves in order to initiate a flight segment through the end of that flight segment, no person may unlock or open the flightdeck door.

False

Records to show that the aircraft was overhauled must be kept for how long?

Forever, and transferred with the aircraft if it is sold

May a Part 121 air carrier use other than Part 139 certificated airports?

Not for destination airports, but it may file (and use, if needed) a Part 139 airport as a takeoff or destination alternate airport.

When may a pilot use his or her personal electronic device (PED) while on duty?

Only when its use is directly related to the operation of the aircraft or for emergency, safety-related or certain employment-related communications.

What Part provides a legal framework for the FAA's system of airworthiness directives?

Part 39

What additional paperwork items is the pilot-in-command required by Part 121, Subpart V, to carry aboard an airplane to its destination for supplemental operations?

Pilot route certification, airworthiness release and a flight release instead of a dispatch release

What must be done when an emergency AD is issued and when?

The defect must be rapidly corrected

Can an air carrier contract out the maintenance of its aircraft?

Yes

What does the acronym ACARS mean?

Automated Communication And Reporting System

What is the main difference between the load manifest used in domestic and flag operations and the load manifest used in supplemental operations?

Domestic, flag, and supplemental load manifests must contain identical information.

What information is required to appear on a Part 121 domestic or flag operator's dispatch release form?

Identification number of the aircraft, trip number, departure airport, intermediate stops, destination airport and alternate airports, a statement about the type of operation (e.g., VFR, IFR), minimum fuel supply, weather reports and forecasts

What are the two departments in an air carrier maintenance organization?

Maintenance, Inspection

How long must the load manifest be kept?

Minimum of 3 months

What is the definition of a critical phase of flight?

That period of flight including all ground operations involving taxi, takeoff, landing, and all other flight operations conducted below 10,000 feet, unless in level cruise

Organizationally, the maintenance function and inspection function of a carrier

must be placed in separate organizations at the operational level of the company.

The FAA requires an air carrier to maintain a record of each dispatch release or flight release for a period of

3 months

Air carriers are required to maintain a record of service difficulty reports for a period of

30 days

What is the one non pilot certificate and "non-paper" item required in each pilot flight kit?

An operative flashlight

An Airbus A380 is parked at a jetway for passenger loading before departure. Before the aircraft door located at the jetway is closed, what emergency egress item must be accomplished by the cabin crew?

At least one other emergency exits are armed and chutes immediately deployable

What forms of communications are required for air carrier operations?

Items a and b above

How long do the records have to be kept in accordance with 121.683?

Minimum of 6 months

Which document is not required to be carried by a pilot in Part 121 operations?

English language demonstrated proficiency card

The mechanic for an airline (that has set up its maintenance under Section 121.379) that changes a DC generator on an engine must hold which of the following?

The mechanic needn't hold any airman's certificate.

The maintenance program for each aircraft is described in the carrier's

maintenance manual.

An air carrier must keep a record of each airworthiness release for a period of at least how many months?

2 months

What type of rest does section 121.377 give to air carrier maintainers?

24 hours during any consecutive 7 days

What credential(s) must an FAA air carrier inspector possess to gain access to the flight deck?

FAA Form 110A (FAA inspector's ID card) and FAA Form 8430-13 jumpseat form

Maintenance and inspection training

is required at all Part 121 carriers.

A paraplegic passenger is assisted by ground crew to a front aisle seat. What additional passenger briefing for this individual must be followed prior to departure?

route to nearest emergency exit and enquiry on how to assist passenger in case of evacuation to minimize pain and further injury

Air carriers operating under Part 121 must maintain a current list of each aircraft that

the certificate holder operates in scheduled air transportation

Operational control may be defined as

the exercise of authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.

Depending on the seating configuration, Part 135 operators may or may not be required to have a company-specific maintenance manual. Part 135 operators using aircraft type certificated for a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of _____ seats or more, shall maintain those aircraft in accordance with a FAA-approved maintenance manual written by the air carrier.

10 seats

Typically, the authority to dispatch or release a flight is held by which position(s)?

An air carrier's director of operations (DO), aircraft dispatcher, and/or pilot-in-command

If the carrier serves alcohol on board a flight, who may not be served (besides underage individuals)?

Anyone appearing to be intoxicated, anyone escorting or being escorted, anyone carrying a deadly weapon on board

To whom may the person designated by the certificate holder as responsible for operational control delegate the functions of operational control such as initiating, conducting or terminating a flight?

Both (a) and (b) are correct.

The air carrier certificate holder may delegate the responsibility for the repair of its aircraft to:

Both (a) and (b) are permitted.

A mechanical interruption summary report is required to be submitted to the FAA how often?

Every month before the 10th of the month for the previous month's mechanical interruptions

A pilot may announce the purpose of a go-around to the passengers without violating sterile cockpit rules provided the aircraft is configured for go-around and stabilized in the go-around

False

An FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) is an advisory message only and is not a legally enforceable rule that must be complied with by a certain date or flight hour period, otherwise the aircraft becomes unairworthy.

False

The Director of Operations of a Domestic air carrier may delegate the responsibility of operational control to a certificated company dispatcher.

False

While a continuing analysis and surveillance system (CASS) is required for a Part 121 air carrier maintenance program, Part 135 operators are not required to have CASS for their maintenance program

False

Part 135 certificate holder must maintain a current list of aircraft used or available for use and the operations for which each is equipped for how long?

For a period of 6 calendar months

When a twin-engine aircraft suffers engine failure or an engine is shut down in flight as a precautionary measure to prevent possible damage, the pilot-in-command is required to do what two things?

Land the airplane at the nearest suitable airport, in point of time, at which a safe landing can be made, and notify the appropriate ATC facility as soon as practicable after the engine failure or in flight shutdown

An FAA operations inspector has requested to jump seat on your aircraft, and the jump seat is available. The inspector is not conducting flight operations checks. The inspector is qualified in the type of aircraft, and has requested to sit in the first officer's seat and to manipulate the controls. Can the PIC authorize this?

No

Since it is a given that passengers prefer the shortest time in flight, can a carrier publish schedules that are shorter than the competition for competitive advantage knowing that the actual flight will take longer than schedule?

No, it can't because 14 CFR §121.541 requires the airline to publish realistic schedules based on realistic evaluation of aircraft performance and prevailing winds. It must also allow reasonable time for aircraft servicing.

To whom may the director of operations, designated by the certificate holder as responsible for operational control, delegate the responsibility for assuring operational control over issues such as initiating, conducting or terminating a flight?

None of the above.

Who is responsible for airplane security once the aircraft leaves the ground?

Pilot in Command

What is the primary responsibility of the pilot flying (PF)?

The PF is primarily responsible for flying the aircraft in accordance with the approved operational procedures.

Who can perform maintenance on air carrier aircraft?

The Part 121 maintenance personnel or Part 145 MRO maintenance personnel

If repair work is "farmed out" to an outside maintenance repair organization under an approved contract, who is responsible for the airworthiness of the repair?

The air carrier certificate holder

Who is allowed to sign an aircraft's airworthiness release certificate?

The authorized certificated mechanic or repairman

The pilot-in-command of a passenger-carrying airplane that has a lockable cockpit-to-cabin door must ensure the door is closed and locked during which period of aircraft operations?

The cockpit-to-cabin door must be closed and locked during flight

If the inflight shutdown (IFSD) rate (computed on a 12-month rolling average) for an engine installed as part of an airplane-engine combination exceeds the values listed in Paragraph 121.374(i), the certificate holder must do a comprehensive review of its operations to identify any common cause effects and systemic errors. The IFSD rate must be computed using all engines of that type in the certificate holder's entire fleet of airplanes approved for ETOPS

True

Which crew activity would be allowed by the "sterile cockpit rule" (assuming the aircraft is in a critical phase of flight)?

While descending, discussing the abnormal procedure dealing with the fact that the flaps are not deploying

ir carriers operating under Part 121 are required to maintain current employee records of

aircraft dispatchers and crewmembers

Each certificate holder is required to keep an individual record of each pilot or required flight attendant used in Part 135 operations for a period of

at least 12 calendar months.