Kalitta Air 747-400 OKE questions with accurate
answers
1) When is a takeoff alternate required? (GOM 5.2.5.1) Ans✓✓✓-If the weather
conditions at the airport of takeoff are below landing minimums for that airport
or the Captain's landing minimums, if higher, or other operational conditions exist
that would preclude a return to the takeoff airport, the Flight Release must
specify an alternate airport for takeoff.
2) What requirements and distance does the takeoff alternate need to comply
with? (GOM 5.2.5.1) Ans✓✓✓-For aircraft with three or more engines, the
takeoff alternate must be within two (2) hours of the departure airport at normal
cruising speed in still air with one engine inoperative. For aircraft with two (2)
engines, the takeoff alternate must be within one (1) hour of the departure
airport at normal cruising speed in still air with one engine inoperative.
3) What phases of flight require use of headsets and boom microphones? (GOM
5.1.2.3) Ans✓✓✓-The use of headsets and boom microphones for
communication with ATC is mandatory during critical phases of flight and during
all operations below 18,000 ft. MSL.
4) If an approach requires TACAN equipment, may that procedure be used if it is
in the FMS database? (GOM 5.6.1.3) Ans✓✓✓-Aircraft equipped with TACAN
avionics can use this system for enroute navigation as well as non-precision
approaches to landing fields. However, TACAN avionics are NOT installed on any
KA aircraft. If clearance requires utilization of a TACAN system, including an
approach utilizing TACAN as part of the Missed Approach Procedure MAP, neither
shall the clearance be accepted nor shall the procedure flown and the flight crew
shall notify ATC of the inability to accept the clearance. An instrument approach
that requires a TACAN system for a portion of the procedure may be accepted if
the approach can be loaded from a current FMS data base and all required fixes
are included in the displayed procedure including any MAPs.
,5) What are the domestic and international holding speeds? When is the earliest
you may slow to the appropriate maximum holding speed? (GOM 5.1.12.0.4)
Ans✓✓✓-A flight is expected to cross the holding fix initially at or slower than the
air speed shown below. The pilot should NOT reduce speed for holding more than
3 minutes before the ETA at the fix unless authorized by ATC. If a flight must
exceed the maximum holding air speed for any reason aircraft weight, operational
equirement, turbulence, etc. ATC must be advised immediately.
Levels All aircraft per FAA
at 6000 ft or below 200 kt,
above 6000 ft to and including 14000 ft 230 kt,
above 14000 ft 265 kt.
6) Where are the touchdown zone lights located on the runway and how far do
they extend? (AIM 2-1-5) Ans✓✓✓-They consist of two rows of transverse light
bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline. The system consists of
steady-burning white lights which start 100 feet beyond the landing threshold and
extend to 3,000 feet beyond the landing threshold or to the midpoint of the
runway, whichever is less.
7) Above what altitude must one pilot don and use oxygen when the other pilot is
absent from his duty station? (GOM 5.1.2.16) FAR 121.333 Ans✓✓✓-
Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(2) of this section, if for any reason at any time it is
necessary for one pilot to leave his station at the controls of the airplane when
operating at flight altitudes above flight level 410, the remaining pilot at the
controls shall put on and use his oxygen mask until the other pilot has returned to
his duty station. Above FL410 one pilot must wear and use the oxygen mask at all
times even when both pilots are at their duty station. When using an oxygen mask
solely due to altitude requirements, the system may be operated in "Normal"
mode to preclude an excessive use of oxygen.
,8) When must one pilot be on oxygen at all times? Should Normal or 100% oxygen
be used? (GOM 5.1.2.16) Ans✓✓✓-Above FL410 one pilot must wear and use the
oxygen mask at all times. When using an oxygen mask solely due to altitude
requirements, the system may be operated in "Normal" mode to preclude an
excessive use of oxygen.
9) What is the maximum distance from the airport you may accept a visual
approach? (FOM 5.6.1.12) Ans✓✓✓-The flight is operating within 35 miles of the
destination airport and visual contact is established with the traffic to be followed
or the flight crew has established and can maintain visual contact with the airport
or a charted visual land mark for a Charted Visual Flight Procedure (CVFP)
throughout the approach and landing.
10) What is the maximum speed when conducting a procedure turn course
reversal maneuver in the US? (AIM 5-4-9a.3) Ans✓✓✓-200 kts
11) What is the only scenario that allows you to begin an approach prior to the
final approach fix, when reported visibility is below published minimums
excluding PIC emergency authority? (GOM page 2.17) Ans✓✓✓-Look-See
Approach: A Category I approach at a foreign airport, which may be initiated and
continued, to the DH or MDA/MAP to have a look at the actual visual conditions
available when the weather conditions are reported below the authorized
minima. The operational need for look-see approaches is created by wide
variations in weather reporting and practices among foreign countries. Look-see
approaches are prohibited at all U.S. civil and military airports but may be
conducted at foreign airports unless specifically prohibited by the foreign country.
Note: It is currently against Company policy to conduct Look-See approaches.
, 12) On a Cat III approach, to continue below AH what conditions must be met?
(GOM 5.6.8.9) Ans✓✓✓-To continue the approach for landing below Alert Height
(AH), no visual references are required. However, no autothrottle faults can exist
and "LAND 3" must be displayed on the flight mode annunciator and annunciated
to the pilot.
13) Are you authorized to conduct circling approaches or circling maneuvers? If
so, under what conditions? (GOM 5.6.1.11 ) Ans✓✓✓-Yes: you may accept a
circling approach.
Company Pilots are not authorized to conduct circling maneuvers when the
ceiling is less than 1,000 feet or the visibility is less than 3 statue miles or the
weather is below the published landing minima for the circling maneuver
(whichever is higher).
The guidelines for a circling maneuver is in GOM 5.6.1.11.
14) If visual reference is lost during a circling maneuver, describe the missed
approach procedure. (GOM 5.6.1.11) Ans✓✓✓-If you lose visual reference while
circling to land from an instrument approach, you must follow the missed
approach specified for the original procedure unless ATC specifies an alternate
missed approach procedure. To become established on the prescribed missed
approach course, make an initial climbing turn toward the landing runway and
continue the turn until established on the missed approach course.
15) What is the maximum distance from the runway you may fly during a circling
maneuver? (GOM 5.6.1.11 § 6) Ans✓✓✓-Aircraft maneuvering outside of the
circling airspace, do not have guaranteed obstacle clearance protection. Company
circling minimums 1000 & 3 or as published, if higher will normally give an extra
margin of safety over descending to the MDA, but only if the aircraft remains
within circling airspace 1.7 miles of the runway for minimums associated with 140
answers
1) When is a takeoff alternate required? (GOM 5.2.5.1) Ans✓✓✓-If the weather
conditions at the airport of takeoff are below landing minimums for that airport
or the Captain's landing minimums, if higher, or other operational conditions exist
that would preclude a return to the takeoff airport, the Flight Release must
specify an alternate airport for takeoff.
2) What requirements and distance does the takeoff alternate need to comply
with? (GOM 5.2.5.1) Ans✓✓✓-For aircraft with three or more engines, the
takeoff alternate must be within two (2) hours of the departure airport at normal
cruising speed in still air with one engine inoperative. For aircraft with two (2)
engines, the takeoff alternate must be within one (1) hour of the departure
airport at normal cruising speed in still air with one engine inoperative.
3) What phases of flight require use of headsets and boom microphones? (GOM
5.1.2.3) Ans✓✓✓-The use of headsets and boom microphones for
communication with ATC is mandatory during critical phases of flight and during
all operations below 18,000 ft. MSL.
4) If an approach requires TACAN equipment, may that procedure be used if it is
in the FMS database? (GOM 5.6.1.3) Ans✓✓✓-Aircraft equipped with TACAN
avionics can use this system for enroute navigation as well as non-precision
approaches to landing fields. However, TACAN avionics are NOT installed on any
KA aircraft. If clearance requires utilization of a TACAN system, including an
approach utilizing TACAN as part of the Missed Approach Procedure MAP, neither
shall the clearance be accepted nor shall the procedure flown and the flight crew
shall notify ATC of the inability to accept the clearance. An instrument approach
that requires a TACAN system for a portion of the procedure may be accepted if
the approach can be loaded from a current FMS data base and all required fixes
are included in the displayed procedure including any MAPs.
,5) What are the domestic and international holding speeds? When is the earliest
you may slow to the appropriate maximum holding speed? (GOM 5.1.12.0.4)
Ans✓✓✓-A flight is expected to cross the holding fix initially at or slower than the
air speed shown below. The pilot should NOT reduce speed for holding more than
3 minutes before the ETA at the fix unless authorized by ATC. If a flight must
exceed the maximum holding air speed for any reason aircraft weight, operational
equirement, turbulence, etc. ATC must be advised immediately.
Levels All aircraft per FAA
at 6000 ft or below 200 kt,
above 6000 ft to and including 14000 ft 230 kt,
above 14000 ft 265 kt.
6) Where are the touchdown zone lights located on the runway and how far do
they extend? (AIM 2-1-5) Ans✓✓✓-They consist of two rows of transverse light
bars disposed symmetrically about the runway centerline. The system consists of
steady-burning white lights which start 100 feet beyond the landing threshold and
extend to 3,000 feet beyond the landing threshold or to the midpoint of the
runway, whichever is less.
7) Above what altitude must one pilot don and use oxygen when the other pilot is
absent from his duty station? (GOM 5.1.2.16) FAR 121.333 Ans✓✓✓-
Notwithstanding paragraph (c)(2) of this section, if for any reason at any time it is
necessary for one pilot to leave his station at the controls of the airplane when
operating at flight altitudes above flight level 410, the remaining pilot at the
controls shall put on and use his oxygen mask until the other pilot has returned to
his duty station. Above FL410 one pilot must wear and use the oxygen mask at all
times even when both pilots are at their duty station. When using an oxygen mask
solely due to altitude requirements, the system may be operated in "Normal"
mode to preclude an excessive use of oxygen.
,8) When must one pilot be on oxygen at all times? Should Normal or 100% oxygen
be used? (GOM 5.1.2.16) Ans✓✓✓-Above FL410 one pilot must wear and use the
oxygen mask at all times. When using an oxygen mask solely due to altitude
requirements, the system may be operated in "Normal" mode to preclude an
excessive use of oxygen.
9) What is the maximum distance from the airport you may accept a visual
approach? (FOM 5.6.1.12) Ans✓✓✓-The flight is operating within 35 miles of the
destination airport and visual contact is established with the traffic to be followed
or the flight crew has established and can maintain visual contact with the airport
or a charted visual land mark for a Charted Visual Flight Procedure (CVFP)
throughout the approach and landing.
10) What is the maximum speed when conducting a procedure turn course
reversal maneuver in the US? (AIM 5-4-9a.3) Ans✓✓✓-200 kts
11) What is the only scenario that allows you to begin an approach prior to the
final approach fix, when reported visibility is below published minimums
excluding PIC emergency authority? (GOM page 2.17) Ans✓✓✓-Look-See
Approach: A Category I approach at a foreign airport, which may be initiated and
continued, to the DH or MDA/MAP to have a look at the actual visual conditions
available when the weather conditions are reported below the authorized
minima. The operational need for look-see approaches is created by wide
variations in weather reporting and practices among foreign countries. Look-see
approaches are prohibited at all U.S. civil and military airports but may be
conducted at foreign airports unless specifically prohibited by the foreign country.
Note: It is currently against Company policy to conduct Look-See approaches.
, 12) On a Cat III approach, to continue below AH what conditions must be met?
(GOM 5.6.8.9) Ans✓✓✓-To continue the approach for landing below Alert Height
(AH), no visual references are required. However, no autothrottle faults can exist
and "LAND 3" must be displayed on the flight mode annunciator and annunciated
to the pilot.
13) Are you authorized to conduct circling approaches or circling maneuvers? If
so, under what conditions? (GOM 5.6.1.11 ) Ans✓✓✓-Yes: you may accept a
circling approach.
Company Pilots are not authorized to conduct circling maneuvers when the
ceiling is less than 1,000 feet or the visibility is less than 3 statue miles or the
weather is below the published landing minima for the circling maneuver
(whichever is higher).
The guidelines for a circling maneuver is in GOM 5.6.1.11.
14) If visual reference is lost during a circling maneuver, describe the missed
approach procedure. (GOM 5.6.1.11) Ans✓✓✓-If you lose visual reference while
circling to land from an instrument approach, you must follow the missed
approach specified for the original procedure unless ATC specifies an alternate
missed approach procedure. To become established on the prescribed missed
approach course, make an initial climbing turn toward the landing runway and
continue the turn until established on the missed approach course.
15) What is the maximum distance from the runway you may fly during a circling
maneuver? (GOM 5.6.1.11 § 6) Ans✓✓✓-Aircraft maneuvering outside of the
circling airspace, do not have guaranteed obstacle clearance protection. Company
circling minimums 1000 & 3 or as published, if higher will normally give an extra
margin of safety over descending to the MDA, but only if the aircraft remains
within circling airspace 1.7 miles of the runway for minimums associated with 140
