Pilot Qualifications

Question 1

What are the eligibility requirements for a commercial pilot (airplane) certificate?

Answer 1

18 years of age.

English language

Hold at least a private pilot certificate

Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate

Received the required ground and flight training endorsements.

Pass the required knowledge and practical tests.

Meet the aeronautical experience requirements.

Question 2

Define the term “common carriage.” (AC 120-12)

Answer 2

1) Holding out
2) Perform carriage to all comers
3) Place to place
4) Compensation or hire

Question 3

You are planning to visit a friend in ATL, and asking if someone wants to go with you. Is this common carriage?

Answer 3

1) Independent interest is important. If nonone comes I will go anyway. So it is not common carriage.

Question 4

What privileges apply to a commercial pilot? BUT

Answer 4

Carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.

Note: 14 CPR §61.133 also states that a commercial pilot must be qualified and comply with the applicable parts of the regulations that apply to the particular operation being conducted (for example, Part 91 or 135).

Question 5

As a commerical pilot, when revenue is involved, what do you need to not to be in commerical operator lines? In relation to 61

Answer 5

Part 61 states that you may be paid for acting as PIC of an aircraft engaged in carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.

However, Part 61 does not mention that if you are acting completely by yourself, you could be considered commercial operator, and as such, be subject to an entirely different set of regulations.

Question 6

What does the term “commercial operator” refer to?

Answer 6

a person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier or foreign air carrier or under the authority of 14 CFR Part 375.

Where it is doubtful that an operation is for “compensation or hire,” the test applied is whether the carriage by air is merely incidental to the person’s other business or is, in itself, a major enterprise for profit.

Question 7

Define “holding out.” (AC 120-12)

Answer 7

offering to the public the carriage of persons and property serve to all and putting ads.

Question 8

Define the term “private carriage.” (AC 120-12)

Answer 8

1) Carriage for hire that does not involve holding out is “private carriage.”
2) For one or several selected customers, generally on a long-term basis.
3) The number of contracts must not be too great, otherwise it implies a willingness to make a contract with anybody.
4) A carrier operating with 18 to 24 contracts has been labeled a common carrier because it has held itself out to serve the general public to the extent of its facilities.
5) Private carriage has been found in cases where three contracts have been the sole basis of the operator’s business.

Question 9

What are some examples of non-common carriage operations that involve the transportation of persons or property and may involve compensation, but are conducted underPart 91?· (t4 CFR 91.501)

Answer 9

a. Flights conducted by the operator of an airplane for the operator’s own personal transportation, or the transportation of guests.
b. Carriage of company officials, employees, and guests on an airplane operated under a time sharing, interchange, or joint ownership agreement.
c. Carriage of property (except mail) incidental to business (limited compensation for expenses).
d. Carriage of a group (with common purpose) when there is no charge, assessment or fee.
e. Fractional ownership

Question 10

Determine If either of the following two scenarios are common carriage operations and, If so, why?

Scenario 1: I am a local businessman and require a package to be flown to a distant destination ASAP. I will pay you to fly my airplane to dellver this package.

Scenario 2: I am a local businessman and require a package to be flown to a distant destination ASAP. You reply that you can do the job for a fee. You promptly line up a local rental aircraft you’re checked out in and deliver the package.

Answer 10

Scenario 2 would be considered a common carriage operation because you are holding out by indicating a general willingness to all customers with whom contact is made to transport persons or property from place to place for compensation.

Question 11

Part 117

Answer 11

Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements: Flight Crewmembers

Question 12

Part 119

Answer 12

Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators

Question 13

Part 121

Answer 13

Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations

Question 14

Part 125

Answer 14

Certification and Operations: Airplanes having a seating capacity of 20 or more passengers or a maximum payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more

Question 15

Part 135

Answer 15

Operating Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operations

Question 16

Part 136

Answer 16

Commercial Air Tours and National Parks Air Tour Management

Question 17

Part 137

Answer 17

Agricultural Aircraft Operations

Question 18

What limitation is imposed on a newly certificated commercial airplane pilot if that person does not hold an instrument rating? (14 CFR 61.133)

Answer 18

a. The carriage of passengers for hire in airplanes on crosscountry flights in excess of 50 nautical miles;
b. The carriage of passengers for hire in airplanes at night.

Question 19

To act as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in his/her physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft? (14 CFR 61.3)

Answer 19

a. A pilot certificate
b. A photo identification
c. A medical certificate

Question 20

If a certificated pilot changes his/her permanent mailing · address and fails to notify the FAA Airman Certification branch of the new address, for how long may the pilot continue to exercise the privileges of his/her pilot certificate? (14 Cf:H ~1.60)

Answer 20

30 days after the date of the move.

Question 21

If a pilot certificate is accidentally lost or destroyed, a pilot could continue to exercise the privileges of that certificate provided he/she follows what specific procedure? (14 CFR 61.29)

Answer 21

a. An application for the replacement of a lost or destroyed airman certificate issued under Part 61 is made by letter to the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration; and
b. A person who has lost a certificate may obtain, in a form or manner approved by the FAA Administrator, a document conveying temporary authority to exercise the certificate privilages.

The document may be carried as an airman certificate for up to 60 days pending the person’s receipt of a duplicate certificate.

Question 22

To act as pilot-in-command of a high-performance aircraft, what flight experience requirements must be met? (14 CFR 61.31)

Answer 22

a. Received and logged ground and flight training from an authorized instructor
c. Received a one-time endorsement in the pilot’s logbook

Question 23

What is the definition of a complex airplane? (14 CFR 61.1}

Answer 23

retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller,

Question 24

What are the 4 elements for defining a “common carrier”:

Answer 24

a. A holding out or a willingness to
b. transport persons or property
c. from place to place
d. for compensation.

Question 25

Note: 14 CPR §61.133: also states that a commercial pilot must be ________ with the applicable parts of the regulations that apply to the particular operation being conducted(

Answer 25

qualified and comply for example, Part 91 or 135).

Question 26

Can you act as an commpercial operator with commerical pilot certificate.

Answer 26

NO It only allows you to work for a commercial operator and be paid for your service, with certain exceptions.

Question 27

What kind of operations can you do as a commerical pilot, without an operating certificate?

Answer 27

• student instruction
• certain nonstop sightseeing flights,
• ferry or training flights,
• aerial work operations including crop dusting, banner towing, aerial photography, powerline or pipeline patrol, etc.
• These operations are listed in 14 CFR §119.1.

Question 28

the number of contracts is not the determining factor when assessing whether a particular operation is common carriage or private carriage; what is the dtermining factor?

Answer 28

any proposal for revenue-generating flights that would most likely require certification as an air carrier should be examined closely if you intend to practice private carriage.

Question 29

What is an high performace airplane?

Answer 29

A high-performance airplane is an airplane with an engine of more than 200 horsepower.

Question 30

Can you start a charter business with CPL?

Answer 30

there’s NO pilot certificate lets you start a charter business, and airline, or some other type of aviation operation.

For those, you’ll need a separate certificate from the FAA for your business operation

a 135 certificate or 121 certificate are good examples of those.