PPL Air Law Exam Questions And Answers

PPL Air Law Exam Questions And Answers Two principal sources of regulations for the private pilot? - ANS Air Navigation Order and Air Navigation (General) Regulations. Define the 'competent authority' in a country. - ANS The authority responsible under the law of that country for promoting the safety of civil aviation. For the UK, this is the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Name the body that has taken over the regulation of licensing for British and EU pilots and aircraft since 2012. - ANS European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Name the two EASA regulations pertinent to the private pilot in the UK. - ANS The 'Basic Regulation' and the 'Aircrew Regulation'. They can be found on the EASA website. Name the four documentation channels that make up the CAA's Aeronautical Information Service (AIS). - ANS 1) The UK Aeronautical Information Publication (UK AIP); 2) Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs, distributed by the NATS AIS website); 3) Pre-Flight Route and Aerodrome Information Bulletins; 4) Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs). What are the three main headings under the UK AIP? - ANS Part 1 - General (GEN) Part 2 - En-route (ENR) Part 3 - Aerodromes (AD) What is a NOTAMN? - ANS New information. What is a NOTAMR? - ANS Replacing previous information. What is a NOTAMC? - ANS Cancelling previous information. What do Pre-Flight Route and Aerodrome Information Bulletins do? - ANS Contain daily updated information specific to individual aerodromes, Royal Flights and Temporary Restricted Airspace for the Red Arrows display team. What do NOTAMs do? - ANS Distributed by the NATS AIS website, these notices contain relevant information on any aeronautical facility, procedure or hazard -- timely knowledge of which is required by people concerned with flight operations. What do Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs) do? - ANS Published monthly, these are colour-coded according to subject matter, and concern administrative matters and advance warnings of operational changes. They also contain corrections to aeronautical charts, and amendments to the Chart of UK Airspace Restrictions. What is the subject matter of a pink AIC? - ANS Air safety What is the subject matter of a white AIC? - ANS Administrative What is the subject matter of a yellow AIC? - ANS Operational and Air Traffic Services What is the subject matter of a mauve AIC? - ANS UK Restrictions Charts What is the subject matter of a green AIC? - ANS Maps/charts What is a Civil Aviation Publication (CAP)? - ANS Subsidiary documents produced by the CAA which intend to present vital aviation-related matters in a simple form. An example is CAP 413, the radiotelephony manual. What is the Air Navigation Order (2016)? - ANS A statutory instrument, enacted by Parliament, which forms the basis for civil aviation in the UK. What is a Schedule? - ANS An appendix to the Air Navigation Order which gives further detail. For example, #1 gives the legal definitions for the terms used in the ANO, while #13 sets out the penalties for contraventions of the ANO. Why is the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) relevant to UK pilots? - ANS The rules have applied in the UK since 2012, and replace most, but not all, of the UK Rules of the Air regulations. Who or what do the UK Rules of the Air apply to? - ANS 1) All aircraft in the UK and neighbouring offshore installations. 2) All UK-registered aircraft wherever they may be. When may the Rules of the Air or SERA be justifiably broken? - ANS To avoid danger, if necessary. When this happens, the circumstances must be reported to the competent authority in writing within ten days. When does a collision risk between aircraft exist? - ANS When one aircraft is at the same level or approaching another, its range is decreasing and its relative bearing remains constant. (If the other aircraft is visible in the windscreen, and not moving, this is a warning sign). An aircraft which is obliged to give way to another aircraft must avoid... - ANS passing over, or under, or crossing ahead of, the other aircraft (unless passing well clear of it). An aircraft with right of way should... - ANS maintain its course and speed. How should two aircraft approaching head on avoid each other? - ANS Each must turn right. In an overtaking situation in the air, which aircraft has right of way? - ANS The aircraft being overtaken.