AA Interview Prep (FARs)

121.99

Communications Facilities - Domestic and Flag

• Must show 2 way comms during entire flight.

121.101

Weather Reporting Facilities.

• Must ensure wx reports and forecasts are available along route.

• Prepared by US national weather service or another approved source.

121.107

Dispatch Centers

• Must have enough dispatch centers adequate to the operation and providing proper operational control.

121.189

Airplanes: Turbine Engine Powered: Takeoff Limitations

• Cannot takeoff if weight is greater than what’s listed on the AFM/for min distance required on takeoff… distance can include clearway, as long as it is not more than 50% of takeoff run.

121.191

Turbine Engine Powered: En route Limitations 1 engine inop.

• must have positive slope of at least 1,000ft above terrain within 5NM of intended track by at least 2,000ft vertically with positive slope at 1500ft above the airport.

• Method 1 and Method 2 drift down come from here.

121.193

Turbine Engine Powered: Limitations: 2 Engines inop

• Ensure there is no place along route that is more than 90 mins away from suitable airport under 121.197

121.195

Turbine Engine Powered:Landing Limits, Destination Airports

• Arrival must ensure full stop landing within 60% of the effective runway length…. 70% for turboprop.. 115% if wet

121.197

Turbine Engine Powered: Landing Limits, Alternate Airport

• Land within 60% for turbojet, 70% for turboprop.

121.309

Emergency Equipment

• Fire Extinguishers

• Crash axe

• Megaphones

121.321

Operations in Icing

• Conditions conductive to airframe icing means visible moisture at or below static air temp 5 deg Celsius or a total air temp of 10 deg Celsius.

121.341

Equipment for Icing Conditions

• Must have means to prevent/remove ice on windshields, wings, and other parts where icing could adversely affect safety.

121.356

Collision Avoidance System

• See TCAS req. chart

121.395

Aircraft Dispatcher: Domestic and Flag Operations

• Each operation must have enough qualified dispatchers to maintain operational control of each flight

121.415

Crew member and Dispatcher training program requirements

• Duties/Responsibilities, Op Specs, Appropriate FARs, Op Manual (DPM)

121.422

Aircraft Dispatchers: Initial and Transition Ground Training

• Use of Comms

• Meteorology

• NOTAMs system

• Nav aids and publications

• Joint dispatcher-pilot responsibilities

• Appropriate airports

• ATC and Approach procedures

• DRM training

121.463

Aircraft Dispatcher Qualifications

• Initial dispatcher training

• Operations familiarization of at least 5 hours in the jumpseat (1 hour reduced for each landing)

121.465

Aircraft Dispatcher Duty Time Limits: Domestic and Flag

• No more than 10 consecutive hours of duty

• If more than 10 hours, 8 hours of rest required

24 hours off in any 7 days or equivalent thereof within any calendar month

121.533

Responsibility of Operational Control: Domestic Ops

• PIC and dispatcher are jointly responsible for preflight planning, delay, and dispatch release within legal and company compliance

• Dispatcher is responsible for:

  1. Monitoring the progress of each flight

  2. Issuing necessary info for safety of flight

  3. Cancelling or redispatching a flighty if, in his or the PIC opinion, the flight cannot operate or continue safely as planned or released

121.535

Responsibility for Operational Control: Flag Operations

• Same as 121.533

121.537

Responsibility for Operational Control: Supplemental Ops

• Responsible for Operational Control; and

• Shall list each person authorized to exercise operation control in it’s operators manual.

• PIC and Director of Ops are jointly responsible for the initiation, conduction, diversion, and termination of a flight.

• Monitors departure and arrival, Mx/delays, any known conditions affecting safety of flight.
  

121.557

Emergencies: Domestic and Flag Operations:

• In emergencies, PIC can take any action deemed necessary under the prescribed operations procedures.

• If known to Dispatcher, they shall advise the PIC, obtain a decision, record it. If dispatcher cannot reach the PIC, they shall declare an emergency and take any action deemed necessary.

• Must keep ATC informed. Dispatch must file report within 10 days and PIC within 10 days after returning to home base.

121.565

Engine Inop: Landing Reporting

• Whenever an engine fails or has to be shut down, PIC must land at nearest suitable airport.

• PIC must report ASAP and keep facility updated.

121.593

Dispatching Authority: Domestic Operations:

• Except when an aircraft lands at an intermediate station specified in original release and remains there no longer than 1 hour, no person may start a flight without dispatch authorization.

121.595

Dispatching Authority: Flag Operations:

• Cannot continue without redispatch if it has been longer than 6 hours.

121.601

Dispatch info to PIC: Domestic and Flag:

• Airport info and conditions (notams)

• Before landing, all available weather such as CAT and LLWS.

• During flight, updated/new weather conditions

121.599

Familiarity with Weather Conditions:

• Domestic and Flag: No dispatcher may release a flight unless he is thoroughly familiar with reported and forecasted weather conditions along the route flown.

• Supplemental: No PIC may…. same as above.

121.617

Alternate Airport for Departure:

• If weather conditions at departure are below landing mins in CH op specs no person may operate unless dispatcher lists and alternate within the following distances:

• A/C with 2 engines - No more than 1hr from departure (in still air)

• A/C with 3 or more - No more than 2hr (in still air)

• Alternate airport weather must comply with op specs requirement

121.619

Alternate Airport for Destination. IFR or Over-the-top: Domestic Ops:

• No alternate required when 1hr before and 1hr after ETA…

• The ceiling is at least 2,000ft above airport elevation

• Visibility is at least 3SM.

121.621

Alternate Airport for Destination. Flag Operations:

• Must have at least one alternate listed unless…

• Flight is less than 6hrs and 1hr before/1hr after ETA..

• At least 1500ft above lowest circling MDA,

• At least 1500ft above lowest published mins

• Visibility at least 3SM, or 2SM more than lowest published mins

121.625

Alternate Airport Weather Minima

• Must be at or above the alternate weather minima specified in the op specs

121.627

Continuing in Unsafe Conditions

• Cannot continue flight if it cannot be completed safely, unless continuing is the safest option.

121.629

Operations in Icing Conditions

• Cannot dispatch a flight if the icing conditions would adversely affect the safety of flight.

• Includes info on holdover tables for winter ops.

• Deicing procedures.

121.631

Original Dispatch/Flight Release, Redispatch or Amendment:

• Cannot continue flight that requires alternate with no alternate on release. But can make an amendment to add one.

• Each person who amends a release shall record that amendment.

121.637

Takeoffs from Unlisted/Alternate Airports: Domestic and Flag:

• Weather mins where mins are not prescribed.
  800-2, 900-1 1/2, or 1000-1.

• Outside the US: 800-2, 900-1 1/2, or 1000-1.

121.639

Fuel Supply: All Domestic Operations

• Fly to destination

• Fly to and land at furthest alternate (if required)

• 45 mins at normal cruise

121.643

Fuel Supply Non-Turbine Powered and Turboprop Airplanes: Supplemental Op:

• When within 48 contiguous states, same as domestic fuel policy.

• When outside of 48 contiguous states at any point…

• Fly to destination, fly to and land at most distant alternate (if required), and

• to fly an additional 30 mins, plus an additional 15% of the total time to fly to destination or alternate… or 90 mins of fuel at normal cruise, whatever is less.

121.645

Fuel Supply: Flag and Supplemental Operations

• Fly and land at destination

• After that, an additional 10%

• Fly to and land at most distant alternate (if required)

• Fly for 30 mins at holding speed, 1500ft over the airport

• For supplemental operations within 48 contiguous states, 121.643 fueling policy applies

121.647

Factors for Computing Fuel Requirement:

• Wind and weather

• Traffic delays

• 1 instrument approach and missed approach

• Any other factors that could delay landing

121.651

Takeoff and Landing Weather Minimums: IFR

• Cannot takeoff when weather is below op specs mins.

• Can continue approach if weather falls below mins after final approach fix is reached.

121.652

Landing Weather Minimums

• High mins Cap (<100 hours) must have mins increased by 100-1 but no less than 300-1.

121.655

Applicability of Reported Weather Minimums:

• Current weather report required for takeoff and landings

• RVR is controlling

121.687

Dispatch Release: Domestic and Flag

• Fuel

• Airports used

• Trip number

• Weather

• IFR/VFR (type of operation)

• Signatures

121.689

Flight Release Form: Supplemental Operations:

• Company name

• Make, model, and registration number of aircraft

• Trip number and date of flight

• Name of each crewmember

• Airports used

• Minimum trip fuel

• Type of operation (IFR/VFR)