AVT403 book questions
the FAA instituted which part in 1996 to further bring air carriers of both parts 121 and 135 under the umbrella of "one level of safety"
14 CFR part 119
where is the required content of ops specs for a commuter or on-demand operator found
14 CFR part 119
a flight follower differs from an aircraft dispatcher in that
a flight follower is not required to be a certificated airman
a company operating turbo-propeller aircraft with 8 passenger seats and a payload of 7,000 lbs three times a week between Los Angeles and Mexico City on a scheduled basis would need to hold
a part 135 operating certificate (allows on demand)
holding out in public would include
advertising flyers in campus student union statements on web
part 121 air carriers must have the ability to communicate with a flight crew when
at any point in the route structure in a rapid and reliable fashion
ops specs must contain what
authorizations, limitations, certain procedures
the concept of carriage is derived from
british common law
as a commercial pilot, acting individually and without further certificate, you may
charge a gas company to perform pipeline aerial spotter patrols
a supplemental operation is one that
conducts charter-type (nonscheduled) operations using aircraft having more than 30 seats and/or with more than 7,500 lbs payload capacity
a commuter operation is one that
conducts scheduled operations (5 or more round trips per week) in non-turbojet aircraft that have nine or fewer passenger seats and a payload capacity of 7,500 lbs or less
a company must operate under 14 CFR Part 121 if it is a
domestic operation
assume you were found to be operating as an on-demand air carrier but didn't have an operating certificate. the potential penalty for this would be an $11,000 fine for
each provision of part 135 applicable to each flight conducted
the starting point for a new part 121 domestic carrier in setting up ops specs is to
first contact a representative of the national certification team
in analyzing a situation in which a private pilot is accused of acting illegally as a common carrier, the FAA will, among other tests, look to see if the pilot
had an independent interest in taking the trip
what is an example of not common carriage
having a license or certificate
the purpose of operations specifications is for the company to
identify to the FAA and itself how it will specifically comply with various provisions of the FARs
a copy of the ops specs must be maintained by the carrier at where
its principal based of operations
what is not required to be in a domestic carriers ops specs
names and addresses of the five largest shareholders
operating under 14 CFR part 121
required the carrier to comply with part 91 as well as part 121 unless the requirements under p121 are more stringent than the part 91 requirements
a domestic carrier must get an air carrier certificate prior to operations. this is a
safety issue required by the FAA
production of ops specs are now automated by the FAA through the use of what amounts to a punch card system. by doing this, the FAA intends that the ops specs of each carrier be
standard in form and language but tailored to suit the individual, specific needs of each carrier
a flag carrier must use weather sources approved by
the administrator of the FAA
operational control is the concept that
the carrier, not the crew, is the final determinant of how the aircraft is operated
private carriage is distinguished from common carriage primarily by
transportation (carriage) of only one or a very small number of parties
a domestic, flag, or commuter carrier's ops specs are valid until when
until the carrier fails to conduct the kind of approved operation for 30 days and doesn't give the FAA 5 days' notice before resuming operations
if you were a ramp service supervisor for aeromech airlines, where would you look to find the loading instructions (procedures) for how to load a certain aircraft?
volume 3, the flight crew operations manual
