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| cannot participate in the previous 24 hours |
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| cannot participate in the previous 72 hours |
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| can a pilot fly without a company ID? |
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12 hour bottle to throttle or dispatch
max BAC is .02 |
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attempt to deviate 100 nm out
avoid by 20nm laterally on the upwind side - severe thunderstorms |
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| define severe thunderstorm |
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| overflying a t-storm calc |
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IMC - clear by 20% of cell heighth
VMC - 5000 feet above
severe thunderstorm - clear by 1,000 feet for every 10 knots of windspeed |
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| special airport qualification |
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takeoff and landing in the preceeding 12 months
looked at the pages for the airport
flown in the simulator
if above is not met, you need at least 3 sm vis and 1000 feet above the lowest mea, moca, or intitial approach altitude |
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| Can you take off in moderate freezing rain? |
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| What does the airplane have to progress before the holdover time expires? |
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1 high risk = 2 escorts
1 low risk = 1 escort
1 max risk prisoner and 1 low risk per flight
or
no more than 2 low risk prisons |
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Same as United
except
2 AWOL with one escort |
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United - age 5 through 11 who are not accompanied by someone 12 or older
Delta - age 5 through 14 |
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| M symbol preceeding an MEL? |
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| Maintenance person or flight crew member must perform an action for that MEL with maintenance control |
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| O symbol preceeding an MEL? |
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| Specific operations procedure must be completed either by maintenance or a flight crew member |
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non essential equipment and furnishings
items on an aircraft that have no effect on the safety or operation of the flight |
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A - specified in mel
B - 3 days
C - 10 days
D - 120 days
P (nef) - 120 days
L - 120 days |
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| What type of HAZMAT carrier are we? |
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| Will carry with self imposed limitations |
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| Can we carry exempt human specimens or exempt animal specimens? |
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Biological substance Category B
yes |
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| Can we carry items labelled with BIOHAZARD? |
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Yes, as long as they are not marked with
Diagnostic specimens
Clinical specimens
Medical specimens
UN2814 and UN2900 |
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| Dry ice limit for food and beverage services? |
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| Can we carry human remains? |
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5.5 pounds per person per carry on
5.5 pounds per person per checked bag |
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| aircraft max dry ice limits? |
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175 - 440 pounds
170 - 300 pounds |
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| Personal care / toilet articles max? |
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up to a max of 68 FL OZ or 70 net ounces
no one container (non-aerosol) may have more than 16 total fluid ounces |
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must be securely packaged in fiber, wood, metal boxes, or its original container and be checked
11 pounds max per pax |
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| Can you carry a US Weather Bureau mercurial barometer or thermometer? |
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| Only allowed by a representative of a government weather bureau or similar official agency. |
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| Can you carry a scuba tank? |
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| only if its regulator valve has been disconnected from the cylinder and no longer sealed |
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| MRE's allowed on the aircraft? |
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| Dry cell or gel wheelchairs? |
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Allowed - non spillable or gel cell batteries are accepted if the terminals are protected from unintentional activation
dry sealed or non sealable are allowed if their terminals are disconnected |
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yes if
batteries are disconnected
no defects
loaded in the upright position |
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| Lithium powered wheelchair? |
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| What does S for standard nav / com represent? |
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V - VHF
F - ADF
O - VOR
L - ILS |
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| Lowest circline minimums? |
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Pilot must have completed training
Available landing distance must be a minimum of 6,000 feet
Ceiling of 1500 or greater and a vis of no less than 5 miles |
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TDZ RVR is controlling / Mid RVR can be substituted for an unavailable TDZ report
For ops below RVR 1600:
minimum of two operative RVR reporting systems required
All available RVR reports are controlling |
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| What do you need in addition if you have 1600 RVR or 1/4 SM vis for takeoff? |
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High intensity Runway Lights
Operative Runway Centerline Lights
If neither exist, you need adequate visual aids to identify the takeoff surface |
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| Lowest takeoff mins at Shuttle? |
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600 / 600 / 600
You need RCLM and HIRL, or CL lights |
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Dispatch to a destination where wx forecast indicates (in the remarks section) that wx might be below authorized minimums at ETA
Must be BCMH, PROB, or TEMPO
Destination and first alternate can be 3585'ed
Requires two alternates everytime
No high mins, canada, or RAMTAF |
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| Can guns be carried on the flight? |
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Yes, by employees of the US, State, or Local government authorized to carry weps
Passengers can bring sporting weapons if they are stowed in the baggae compartment and unaccessible during flight
FFDO's |
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10 kennels in the cabin
5 in the forward baggage compartment |
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Can you carry search / rescue / explosive detection / drug detection dogs?
service animals? |
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Definition
| Yes, and they dont have to be carried in a kennel. |
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| Do service animals have to be dogs? |
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Definition
| No, they can be any animal that helps....even monkeys |
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| When is a flight considered overdue? |
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| 20 minutes have past since its eta and no update has been received by the destination station |
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1 - verbally abusive
2 - physically abusive
3 - risk of death
4 - cockpit might be breached |
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V1 to destination
aircraft net altitude capability will clear all obstructions by 5 SM on either side of the route by 1,000 until the destination
(5,000 safety net so actually 6,000)
must also maintain a positive net gradient at 1,500 feet above the dest airport |
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TOC to TOD
clear obstructions 5 SM on either side of the route by 2,000 feet until the destination airport.
(7,000 feet with the 5,000 safety net) |
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A - maximum AFM chart weight
B - brakes
C - climb
F - field
T - tires |
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| At what point can a pilot not continue on an approach if weather is below minimums? |
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The final approach segment
if weather drops below mins after that, you can still go to the MDA or DH and land if you have it |
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Metar descriptors
BC
DR
MI
DU
FU
PL
PO
PY |
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BC - patchy
DR - drifting
MI - shallow
Widespread dust - DU
Smoke - FU
Ice pellets - PL
Dust / sand whirls - PO
PY - spray |
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2 RVSM compliant air data systems
1 autopilot with altitude hold mode
1 altitude alterter
1 transponder |
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