Chapter 3 - General Flight Rules

Question 1

How many hours of crew rest must commanders and supervisors ensure aircrew are provided prior to the beginning of the flight duty period?

Answer 1

12 hours

Question 2

What is the definition of interrupted crew rest?

Answer 2

Any official business conducted after crew rest

Question 3

Can you have your 12-hour crew rest waived after crew rest has already started?

Answer 3

No, you must be notified prior to the start of crew rest

Question 4

If crew rest has been waived, does the PIC have to accept the reduced crew rest?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

When may crew rest be reduced to a minimum of 10 hours by the PIC?

Answer 5

When 3 or more consecutive days of flight duty periods of at least 12 hours occur

Question 6

When does the flight duty period being and end?

Answer 6

When an aircrew member first reports for official duty and ends after the final engine shutdown after the final flight of the completed mission

Question 7

How long can the PIC extend FDP for unplanned mission delays?

Answer 7

A max of 2 hours

Question 8

What is deadhead time?

Answer 8

It is an official duty performed by an aircrew member flying as a passenger while on flights orders and may be flown without crew rest

Question 9

If you are planning to perform flight-related duties after deadhead time, do crew rest restrictions still apply?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What is the max flying time in 7 consecutive days?

Answer 10

56 hours

Question 11

What is the max flying time in 30 consecutive days?

Answer 11

125

Question 12

What is the max flying time in 90 consecutive days?

Answer 12

330

Question 13

Does cockpit rest reset required crew rest?

Answer 13

no

Question 14

For night operations, what must aircrew have?

Answer 14

An operable flashlight

Question 15

Are nicotine patches allowed in flight?

Answer 15

Yes

Question 16

Can EFBs be used a a PFR?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

Can aircrew hold EFBs in their hands during critical phases of flight?

Answer 17

Yes, provided that it is operationally neccesary

Question 18

If an airport has a control tower, what must aircrew attain from ATC? For what procedures do they need this for?

Answer 18

A clearance.

A clearance is needed before taxiing, proceeding onto a runway, takeoff or landing

Question 19

Are you required to read back all taxi and hold short instructions?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

If you do not have supplemental oxygen, what altitude can you not operate above?

Answer 20

14,000

Question 21

At what altitude must you use supplemental oxygen?

Answer 21

Anytime the cabin pressure altitude exceeds 10,000 ft MSL

Question 22

If any portion of your flight is conducted in IMC, at night, or with high-g maneuvering, how long can you remain inbetween 10,000 and 12,500 ft MSL without supplemental oxygen?

Answer 22

1 hour

Question 23

How long can you be between 12,500 and 14,000 ft MSL without supplemental oxygen?

Answer 23

30 minutes

Question 24

What must aircrew immediately report to the appropriate controlling agency inf lgiht?

Answer 24

Any hazardous weather, wake turbulence, volcanic activity, large bird activity, or any other significant flight condition that may affect flight safety

Question 25

Are you required to declare Min Fuel or Emer Fuel?

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

If your cabin altitude exceeds 18,000 ft MSL following a rapid D, what must happen after?

Answer 26

You must be evaluated by a flight surgeon prior to further flight

Question 27

How many hours after landing can decompression sickness occur?

Answer 27

Up to 12 hours

Question 28

If you experience hypoxia in flight, are you allowed to fly once you feel better after landing?

Answer 28

No you must be evaluated by a flight surgeon

Question 29

Can you turn on landing lights prior to crossing the hold short line?

Answer 29

No you must turn them on after takeoff clearance is received and the aircraft is on the active runway

Question 30

What must the yielding aircraft not do when avoiding traffic?

Answer 30

They must not pass over, under, abeam or ahead of the other aircraft unless well clear

Question 31

Who has the right away over all air traffic?

Answer 31

Aircraft in distress

Question 32

When an aircraft of the same category are converging at approximately the same altitude, who has the right away?

Answer 32

The aircraft to the other's right

Question 33

What shall you do if you are approaching an aircraft head on?

Answer 33

Each aircraft shall alter their course to their right

Question 34

If you are about to overtake an aircraft, who has the right away and what must you do?

Answer 34

The overtaken aircraft has the right away. You, as the overtaker, must alter your course to the right

Question 35

Whom does an aircraft on final approach have the right of way over?

Answer 35

Other aircraft on the ground or in the air

Question 36

If two or more aircraft are approaching to land, who has the right away?

Answer 36

The aircraft at the lower altitude

Question 37

What is the order of priorities for right away for aircraft of different categories?

Answer 37

1. Balloons 2. Gliders 3. Aircraft towing or refueling other aircraft 4. Airships 5. Rotary or Fixed Wing

Question 38

Regardless if an operation is conducted under IFR or VFR, who must maintain vigilance for the see and avoid principle?

Answer 38

Each pilot operating an aircraft

Question 39

If an ATC clearance is given to you containing altitude, restrictions, vectors, headings, altimeter settings, and runway assignments. Do you have to read them back, and if so in what order?

Answer 39

Yes you must, and read them back in the order that they were given.

Question 40

Descent gradients in excess of what may induce spatial D?

Answer 40

Greater than 1 degrees (1,000 ft per NM)

Question 41

Below what altitude should you avoid a descent gradient more than 10 degress NL?

Answer 41

Below 15,000 ft

Question 42

In what knot increments are speed adjustments made?

Answer 42

10 knot increments

Question 43

What margin of error must you maintain your airspeed within (when ATC assigns you a speed)?

Answer 43

+/- 10 knots or 0.02 mach

Question 44

If ATC tells you to "resume normal speed", does that cancel the published speed restrictions on an instrument approach?

Answer 44

No

Question 45

What is the approximate separation guide for operating near other aircraft?

Answer 45

500 ft

Question 46

Under what areas and clearances must you squawk 4000?

Answer 46

When operating VFR or IFR in restricted areas, warning areas, or on a VFR mil training route

Question 47

If you get a TAS alert, are you allowed to immediately deviated from an assigned ATC clearance?

Answer 47

You are, however, do not deviate from the clearance based solely on the TAS alert. Attempt to attain visual contact and maintain safe separation. A TAS alert does not immediately grant you clearance to deviate from ATC instructions