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COMMERCIAL PILOT ORAL EXAM QUESTIONSWhat are the eligibility requirements for a commercial pilot (airplane) certificate?
(14CFR 61.123) - Answers -a. Be at least 18 years of age.
b. Be avle to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.
c. Hold at least a private pilot certificate.
d. Hold at least a current Third Class medical certificate.
e. Recieved the required ground and flight training endorsements.
f. Pass the required knowledge and practical tests.
g. Meet the aeronautical experience requirements.
What privileges apply to a commercial pilot? - Answers -A person who holds a
commercial pilot certificate may act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft:
a. Carrying persons or property for hire.
b. For compensation or hire.
See FAR Part 91 and 135
Discuss what qualifies as a commercial operation. - Answers -A commercial pilot
intending to conduct operations as a pilot-in-command or an aircraft carrying persons or
property for compensation or hire should look cautiously at any proposal for revenue
operating flights.
The following facts should be considered:
a. Part 61 states that you may be paid for acting as PIC of an aircraft engaged in
carrying persons or property for compensation or hire. However Part 61 does not
mention that if you are acting completely by yourself, you could be subject to an entirely
different set of regulations.
b. A commercial pilot certificate by itself does not allow you to act as a commercial
operator. It only allows you to work for a commercial operator and be paid for your
service, with certain exceptions.
c. As a commercial pilot, certain commercial operations are allowed without being in
possession of an "Operating Certificate". Examples of such operations include student,
certain nonstop sightseeing flights, ferry or training flights, aerial work operations
including crop dusting, banner towing, aerial photography, power long or pipeline patrol,
etc.
These operations are listed in 14 CFR 119.1.
Determine if either of the following two scenarios are common carriage operations and,
if so, why?
Scenario 1:1 am a local businessman and require a package to be flown to a distant
destination ASAP. I will pay you to fly my airplane to deliver this package.
Scenario 2:1 am a local businessman and require a package to be flown to a distant
destination ASAP. You reply that you can do the job for a fee. You promptly line up a
local rental aircraft you're checked out in and deliver the package. - Answers -Scenario
, 2 would be considered a common carriage operation because you are holding out by
indicating a general willingness to all customers with whom contact is made to transport
persons or property from place to place for compensation.
Briefly describe 14 CFR Parts 117, 119, 121, 125, 135, 136, and 137. - Answers -Part
117-Flight and Duty Limitations and Rest Requirements: Flight Crewmembers
Part 119-Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
Part 121-Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supple- mental Operations
Part 125-Certification and Operations: Airplanes having a seating capacity of 20 or more
passengers or a maximum payload capacity of 6,000 pounds or more
Part 135-Operating Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operations
Part 136-Commercial Air Tours and National Parks Air Tour Management
Part 137-Agricultural Aircraft Operations
What limitation is imposed on a newly certificated commercial airplane pilot if that
person does not hold an instrument rating? (14 CFR 61.133) - Answers -The pilot must
hold an instrument rating in the same category and class, or the Commercial Pilot
Certificate that is issued is endorsed with a limitation prohibiting the following:
a. The carriage of passengers for hire in airplanes on cross- country flights in excess of
50 nautical miles;
b. The carriage of passengers for hire in airplanes at night.
To act as a required pilot flight crewmember of a civil aircraft, what must a pilot have in
his/her physical possession or readily accessible in the aircraft? (14 CFR 61.3) -
Answers -a. A pilot certificate (or special purpose pilot authorization) b. A photo
identification c. A medical certificate (with certain exceptions as provided in 14 CFR
§61.3)
If a certificated pilot changes his/her permanent mailing address and fails to notify the
FAA Airman Certification branch of the new address, for how long may the pilot
continue to exercise the privileges of his/her pilot certificate? (14 CFR 61.60) - Answers
-30 days after the date of the move.
If a pilot certificate is accidentally lost or destroyed, a pilot could continue to exercise the
privileges of that certificate provided he/she follows what specific procedure? (14 CFR
61.29) - Answers -a. An application for the replacement of a lost or destroyed airman
certificate issued under Part 61 is made by letter to the Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration; and
b. A person whi has lost a certificate may obtain, in a form or manner approved by the
FAA Administrator, a document coveying temporary authority to exercise the certificate
privileges. The document may be carried as an airman certificate for up to 60 days
pending the person's receipt of a duplicate certificate.
To act as pilot-in-command of a high-performance aircraft, what flight experience
requirements must be met? (14 CFR 61.31) - Answers -A high-performance airplane is
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