Pilot Qualifications

Eligibility for Commerical Pilot

18, know english, hold PPL, 2nd Class medical to exercise priveleges, received required ground and endorsements, meet aeronautical experience requirements

Aeronautical Experience Requirements

Part 61.129 to answer the question

Commercial Private Privileges

Carry persons/property for compensation/hire

Carrying Persons or Property from Place to Place? If NO, what FAR should you adddress

Part 119.1e, shows what can stay as Part 91 due to exceptions

Are you holding out willingness? What does that mean and what happens if you do

Holding out: advertising and promoting your flights for hire

If you are holding out, then you are COMMON CARRIAGE

If common carriage, are you OPERATIONAL CONTROL:

Wet Lease: do you have operational control?

Provide the Aircraft and Crew you do have operational control

Dry Lease: Do you have operational control

Client Provides Aircraft, you provide crew, you are NOT in operational control

if you have a WET LEASE/ OPERATIONAL CONTROL and SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

most likley part 121

if you have WET LEASE/ OPERTIONAL CONTROL and NO SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

Part 135

If you are flying place to place but NOT HOLDING OUT (PRIVATE CARRIAGE), but have <20 seats or <6000lb

Most likley part 135

If you are flying place to place but NOT HOLDING OUT (PRIVATE CARRIAGE), but have >20 seats or >6000lb

Most likley Part 125

Define Commercial Operator:

Pilot acting in a commercial environment for compensation

Where to find regualtions on common carriage and private carriage operations:

14 CFR Part 1

Operational Control:

three areas, crew aircraft and management

Common Carriage 4 elements:

1)holding out

2)transport persons or property

3) place to place

4) compensation or hire

Holding out Def:

Advertising somehow in some way

Where to find exceptions for commercial operations in FAR/AIM

119.1 (e)

Part 119, 3 operations that require it:

1) Direct Air Carrier

2) US Commercial Operator

3) No common carriage but >20 seats or >6000 lbs

Most operations need the part 119 certificate apart from the exceptions listed in 119.1 (e)

What are the two types of certificates within Part 119:

Air Carrier Cert: primary purpose is Air transport, whether that is mail, interstate, foreign, or overseas transport

Operating Cert: intrastate operations, ie. 

Non common carriage vs Private Carriage

Non common:

no holding out but still needs part 119 operating certificate, usually under part 135 or part 125

Private Carriage:

No holding out, however only allowed for a very limited number of people. Example would be a company owning a kingair and using it only for company purposes. 

Part 119

requirements and certs for common carriage

Part 91 Subpart F

corporate operations not involved in common carriage

Part 125

Rules for large aircraft

Part 121

Airliners, scheduled common carriage

Part 135

On demand operations

Commercial pilot NOT IR

No flying at night and <50NM

What must you bring for flying:

ID, License, Medical, SFRA Training Card

Changing Address

30 days to let Gov. know

FAA License lost?

Reach out, get a temporary certifiacte which is valid for 60 DAYS, await until official license is delivered

High Performance, how to fly?

>200 hp, received ground and flight instruction. Received endorsement and found proficient.

Complex aircraft stats: what does it take to fly?

Needs retractable gear, flaps, and constant speed prop.

Ground and flight training, one time endorsement

PIC of Pressurized Aircraft:

>25000 MSL service ceiling or max operating altitude, ground and flight instruction. Endorsement. 

TAA Aircraft: specs

PFD

MFD

Two axis Autopilot

Type rating, when needed:

>12500lb

Turbojet powered

Airmen certification different terms:

Category: Airplane, rotorcraft…

Class: ASEL, MEL…

Type: Boeing 737…

Formation Flying while commercial?

NO

Commerical operation with expiremental aircraft?

NO

SIC time as commercial pilot: when?

Aircraft in that situation spcifies for more than one pilot

Hold correct category, class and type rating and instrument rating

Commercial Pilot Remaining Current

24 months, flight review or new certificate

past 90 days, 3 touch and gos during day or 3 full stops for night

Tailwheel? Full stop

Is all flight time needed to be logged?

Only the required flight time for meeting flight experience requirements, however good to LOG EVERYTHING

Do night landings count for day landings?

Yes

When can you log night flight?

During the end of civil twilight and morning civil twilight time.

IFR currency?

6 HITS

Approaches of all kinds VOR/GPS/ ILS

Holds and tracking

or IPC

Currency for MEL vs SEL

different class so the landings need to be completed in each separate class

Commercial Pilot Medical Certificate Class

First or Second Class Medical

Second Class Medical Length

12 Months

When is first class medical needed?

Airliner operations, ATP privileges

Medical Certificate is good but known blood pressure issue?

Cannot fly since known issue

Medications?

FAA has approved medications list or talk to an AME