2021 Air Law Flashcards
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Basic requirements to obtain commercial pilot license?
- Minimum age 18
- Minimum category 1 medical
- 80 hours ground school
- Minimum 200 total
- 100 PIC with 20 cross country
- 35 dual
- 5 total night with 2 night cross country
- 5 cross country time (2 may be in sim)
- 20 instrument - 30 hours solo
-300NM
5 solo with night 10 takeoffs, circuits, landings
What are the category 1 medical validities regarding age?
Under 40:
-valid for 12 months
Over 40:
- in single pilot operations carrying passengers; 6 months
60 and older:
- valid for 6 months
PPL holder privileges:
- Act as PIC on an aircraft for which one has attained the required ratings
- Act as PIC on ultralight aircraft
- Act as PIC or co-pilot of any aircraft for the sole purpose of one’s flight training WITH an instructor and WITHOUT passengers
- Act as PIC or co-pilot for the purpose of any flight test
CPL holder privledges:
- Fly in commercial air services (with required ratings and endorsements) as:
- Act as PIC of aircraft that require only one crew member
- Act as co-pilot
- Conduct flight instruction if qualified as an instructor
- Exercise privileges of VFR-OTT rating
Define night:
Period from END of EVENING civil twilight to the BEGINNING of MORNING civil twilight; when the sun’s disc is 6 degrees below the horizon.
Requirements for use of an aerodrome at night:
Requirements for use of an aerodrome at night:
VFR OTT provisions:
- Only permitted during daytime and during cruise portion of flight only
- Must be operated at a vertical distance from cloud of 1,000’
- When operating VFR OTT between two cloud layers, cloud layers must be at least 5,000’ vertical distance
- Flight visibility must be 5NM or more
In order to fly VFR OTT, the following conditions must be met at your destination aerodrome:
- Cloud must be scattered or better
- Ground visibility must be 5NM or more
- No forecast of precipitation, TS, FG, SN or BLSN
These conditions must be forecast to not exist at your ETA and for a period of time for either side of your ETA:
- 1 hour before ETA to 2 hours after ETA by TAF
- 1 hour before ETA to 3 hours after ETA by GFA
VFR OTT: These conditions must be forecast to not exist at your ETA and for a period of time for either side of your ETA:
- 1 hour before ETA to 2 hours after ETA by TAF
- 1 hour before ETA to 3 hours after ETA by GFA
Seaplane class rating requirements when holding a landplane rating:
- 7 hours total seaplane training
- 5 hours dual instruction
- 5 take-offs and landings as the sole occupant of aircraft
- completed “qualifying flight” for Transport Canada
Landplane class requirements if holding a seaplane rating:
- 3 hours of landplane training
- 2 hours dual instruction
- 5 takeoffs and landings as sole occupant of the airplane
When is an individual type rating needed:
For high-performance airplanes and airplanes requiring more than 1 crewmember
What is a high performance airplane?
- Certified minimum flight crew of 1
- Vne 250 KIAS or greater
- Vso 80 KIAS or greater
Requirements to fly a high performance aircraft:
- Complete ground training
- Complete flight training
- 200 hours of airplanes
- Complete qualifying flight
Requirements to fly a two-crew airplane:
- Complete ground and flight training program
- Score 70% or greater on IATRA within 24 months of application
- Complete flight training on type
- Have at least 250 hours of flight time in airplanes
- Pass a pilot proficiency check (PPC) within 12 months of application
Maintaining validity of CPL:
Have flown as PIC or co-pilot within the previous 5 years
OR
Have successfully completed both a flight review by a flight instructor AND the written examination specified in the personnel licensing standards (CPAER) within the last 12 months
AND
Have completed a recurrent training program within the previous 24 months
Maintaining validity of CPL in order to carry passengers:
Within the last 6 months:
- 5 day or night take-offs AND 5 day or night landings if flights are to be conducted during day
- 5 night take-offs AND 5 night landings if a flight with passengers is to be conducted during night
Who may ask you to show documentation:
Peace officer, immigration officer or minister of transport
VFR in controlled airspace weather requirements:
During day or night:
- 3 miles visibility
- 1 mile vertically from cloud
- 500’ horizontally from cloud
For a control zone:
- Ground visibility must be at least 3 statue miles
- May not operate at less than 500’ AGL unless taking off or landing
SVFR requirements:
- Two-way radio onboard (obviously)
- Flight and reported ground visibility of 1 mile or greater
- Clear of cloud
- Expect other restrictions that ATC may impose
At night time:
SVFR is only available to aircraft landing, NOT take-off
VFR in uncontrolled airspace weather requirements:
More than 1,000’: 500’ below cloud, 2,000’ horizontally & 1NM visibility in day, 3NM by night
Less than 1,000’: Clear of cloud & 2NM visibility, 3NM by night
Survival equipment requirements:
- Starting a fire
- Providing shelter
- Providing or purifying water
- Visually signaling for distress
Seatbelt requirements:
- Required for every person onboard except infants (children who are 2 years old or younger)
- Each front seat (except on small aeroplanes manufactured before July 18th, 1978)
- Every seat on small aeroplanes manufactured after December 12th, 1986 is required to have shoulder harness
- Seatbelts required during all phases of flight, including taxi
Unpressurized aircraft oxygen requirements:
Above 10,000’ but below 13,000’:
For a period longer than 30 minutes, you are required to carry oxygen for the flight crew and for at least 10% of the passengers (not less than 1 passenger) for the period extending 30 minutes.
13,000’ and above:
Oxygen is required for all persons onboard at all times above 13,000’.