midterm Flashcards
(104 cards)
- Rules of the Air
Annex 2
consist of general rules, visual flight rules and instrument flight rules apply without exception over the high seas, and over national territories to the extent that they do not conflict with the rules of the State being overflown. The pilot-in- command of an aircraft is responsible for compliance with the rules of the air.
Annex 2
Any specification for physical characteristics, configuration, material, performance, personnel or procedure, the uniform application of which is recognized as necessary for the safety or regularity of international air navigation and to which Contracting States will conform in accordance with the Convention.
Standard and recommended practices
Annexes 1.________contain international standards and no recommended practices (RPs). The remaining 2.______ Annexes contain
- )2, 5, 7 & 8
2.)15
total of annexes
19
- Personnel Licensing
Annex 1
The human being is the vital link in the chain of aircraft operations but is also by nature the most flexible and variable. Proper training is necessary so as to minimize human error and provide able, skillful, proficient and competent personnel
Annex 1
are provided by Annex 1 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
Standards and Recommended Practices for the licensing of flight crew members
examples of flight crew members
pilots, flight engineers and flight navigators), air traffic controllers, aeronautical station operators, maintenance technicians and flight dispatchers,
- Meteorological Services
Annex 3
Pilots need to be informed about meteorological conditions along the routes to be flown and at their destination aerodromes.
Annex 3
(WAFS) meaning
World Area Forecast System
The purpose of this system is to provide States and aviation users with
standardized and high-quality forecasts on upper- air temperature, humidity and winds and on significant weather
World Area Forecast System (WAFS).
- Aeronautical Charts
Annex 4
For the safe performance of air operations it is essential that a current, comprehensive and authoritative source of navigation information be made available at all times, and aeronautical charts provide a convenient medium for supplying this information in a manageable, condensed and coordinated manner.
Annex 4
- Units of Measurement
Annex 5
International System of Units, known as SI from the “________”, as the basic standardized system to be used in civil aviation.
Système International d’Unités
- Operation of Aircraft
Annex 6
is that the operation of aircraft engaged in international air transport must be as standardized as possible to ensure the highest levels of safety and efficiency.
Annex 6
- Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks
Annex 7
The Annex sets out procedures for selection by ICAO Contracting States of nationality marks from the nationality symbols
included in the radio call signs allocated to the States of Registry by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Annex 7
(ITU). meaning
International Telecommunication Union
- Airworthiness of Aircraft
Annex 8
In the interest of safety, an aircraft must be designed, constructed and operated in compliance with the appropriate airworthiness requirements of the State of Registry of the aircraft. Consequently, the aircraft is issued with a _________ declaring that the aircraft is fit to fly.
Certificate of Airworthiness