Air Carrier Operations Chapter 1 quiz
A flag carrier must use weather sources approved by
the Administrator of the FAA
A company must operate under 14 CFR Part 121 if it is:
A domestic operation
A flight follower differs from an aircraft dispatcher in that:
A flight follower is not required to be a certified airman
The Concept of common carriage is derived from
British Common Law
As a Commercial Pilot, acting individually and without further certificates, 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 7,000 pounds payload capacity
Which of the following is not an element of common carriage?
Having a license or certificate
Private carriage is distinguished from common carriage primarily by
Transportation (carriage) of only one or a very small number of parties
A company operating turbo-propeller aircraft with 8 passenger seats and a payload of 7,000 pounds three times a week between Los Angeles and Mexico City on a scheduled basis would need to hold
a Part 135 operating certificate (which allows on-demand operations).
Holding out to the public would include
all of the above
Part 121 air carriers must have the ability to communicate with a flight crew
at any point in the route structure in a rapid and reliable fashion
A commuter operation is one that
conducts scheduled operations (five or more round trips per week) in non-turbojet aircraft that have nine or fewer passenger seats and a payload capacity of 19 or less passengers
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
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
Operational control is the concept that:
the carrier, not the crew, is the final determinant of how the aircraft is operated
