CAX study guide
Personal Requirements to fly - correct answer ✔✔Am I current? BFR? Medical is valid? Pilot's license?
IMSAFE? 91.103? type rated if required? taildragger? high performance? high altitude capable?
privileges for commercial pilot - correct answer ✔✔may act as PIC of an aircraft carrying persons or
property for compensation or hire.
may act as PIC of an aircraft for compensation or hire
may give instruction in an airship or balloon if they hold an appropriate category and class rating
MEL - correct answer ✔✔it lists equipment approved by both the FAA and the manufacturer. You can
legally fly the aircraft with/without this equipment
AIRMET - correct answer ✔✔advisory of significant weather phenomena at intensities lower than
sigmets
- moderate icing, moderate turbulence, sustained winds of >30kts at the surface
types of airmets - correct answer ✔✔Sierra-- IFR conditions, Tango--moderate turbulence and winds 30+
kts, Zulu--moderate icing and freezing heights
SIGMETS - correct answer ✔✔-Non-convective hazardous for all aircraft
-Issued as required
-Severe Icing
-Severe Turbulence or CAT
-Volcanic ash, sandstorm, dust storm w/ visibility less than 3 sm
validity of airmets, sigmets, convective sigmets - correct answer ✔✔sigmets- unscheduled products that
are valid for 4 hours
convective sigmets-
, convective sigmet - correct answer ✔✔severe TS due to:
surface winds greater than or equal to 50kts
hail at surface 3/4'' in DIAMETER
tornadoes, embedded TS, line of TS
--ALL convective sigmets imply severe or greater turbulence, severe icing, and LLWS
METAR - correct answer ✔✔an aviation routine wx report
-an hourly surface observation of conditions at a particular airport
-speci as well
ARTCC NOTAM - correct answer ✔✔NOTAMs for the area -- ex ZFW notams
-ex. TFRs in area, SUA, GPS, Unmanned aircraft
NAVAID NOTAMs - correct answer ✔✔unservicable NAVAID or out of service... VORs
operational control - correct answer ✔✔most commercial operations require the operator to hold a
certificate under part 119 authorizing such operations... being able to act as PIC and be pilot for
compensation or hire does not allow us to act as an AIR CARRIER or OPERATING CERTIFICATE
Operational control - correct answer ✔✔with respect to a flight, means the exercise of authority over
initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight
commercial operator - correct answer ✔✔a person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the
carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier or foreign air
carrier or under the authority of Part 375 of this title. Where it is doubtful that an operation is for
"compensation or hire", the test applied is whether the carriage by air is merely incidental to the
person's other business or is, in itself, a major enterprise for profit
common carriage - correct answer ✔✔carriage of passengers or cargo as a result of advertising the
availability of the carriage to the public.
what do you need for common carriage to occur - correct answer ✔✔1. holding out or a willingness
Personal Requirements to fly - correct answer ✔✔Am I current? BFR? Medical is valid? Pilot's license?
IMSAFE? 91.103? type rated if required? taildragger? high performance? high altitude capable?
privileges for commercial pilot - correct answer ✔✔may act as PIC of an aircraft carrying persons or
property for compensation or hire.
may act as PIC of an aircraft for compensation or hire
may give instruction in an airship or balloon if they hold an appropriate category and class rating
MEL - correct answer ✔✔it lists equipment approved by both the FAA and the manufacturer. You can
legally fly the aircraft with/without this equipment
AIRMET - correct answer ✔✔advisory of significant weather phenomena at intensities lower than
sigmets
- moderate icing, moderate turbulence, sustained winds of >30kts at the surface
types of airmets - correct answer ✔✔Sierra-- IFR conditions, Tango--moderate turbulence and winds 30+
kts, Zulu--moderate icing and freezing heights
SIGMETS - correct answer ✔✔-Non-convective hazardous for all aircraft
-Issued as required
-Severe Icing
-Severe Turbulence or CAT
-Volcanic ash, sandstorm, dust storm w/ visibility less than 3 sm
validity of airmets, sigmets, convective sigmets - correct answer ✔✔sigmets- unscheduled products that
are valid for 4 hours
convective sigmets-
, convective sigmet - correct answer ✔✔severe TS due to:
surface winds greater than or equal to 50kts
hail at surface 3/4'' in DIAMETER
tornadoes, embedded TS, line of TS
--ALL convective sigmets imply severe or greater turbulence, severe icing, and LLWS
METAR - correct answer ✔✔an aviation routine wx report
-an hourly surface observation of conditions at a particular airport
-speci as well
ARTCC NOTAM - correct answer ✔✔NOTAMs for the area -- ex ZFW notams
-ex. TFRs in area, SUA, GPS, Unmanned aircraft
NAVAID NOTAMs - correct answer ✔✔unservicable NAVAID or out of service... VORs
operational control - correct answer ✔✔most commercial operations require the operator to hold a
certificate under part 119 authorizing such operations... being able to act as PIC and be pilot for
compensation or hire does not allow us to act as an AIR CARRIER or OPERATING CERTIFICATE
Operational control - correct answer ✔✔with respect to a flight, means the exercise of authority over
initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight
commercial operator - correct answer ✔✔a person who, for compensation or hire, engages in the
carriage by aircraft in air commerce of persons or property, other than as an air carrier or foreign air
carrier or under the authority of Part 375 of this title. Where it is doubtful that an operation is for
"compensation or hire", the test applied is whether the carriage by air is merely incidental to the
person's other business or is, in itself, a major enterprise for profit
common carriage - correct answer ✔✔carriage of passengers or cargo as a result of advertising the
availability of the carriage to the public.
what do you need for common carriage to occur - correct answer ✔✔1. holding out or a willingness
