CAX Privileges and Limitations
Commercial pilot eligibility - correct answer ✔✔61.123
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Hold at least a PPL
At least 3rd class medical
Received the required ground and flight endorsements
Pass the required knowledge and practical test
Meet the aeronautical experience requirements
commercial experience requirements - correct answer ✔✔250 Flight hours.
100 of which must be in a powered aircraft of which 50 must be in an airplane.
100 hours of PIC flight time which includes 50 hours in airplanes and 50 hours XC 10 of which must be in
an airplane.
20 hours of training listed in 61.127(b)(1) that includes at least 10 hours of instrument flying time 5 of
which must be in an airplane.
10 hours in a TAA/Complex/Turbine engine airplane.
10 hours of solo flight time in a single engine aircraft or 10 hours of duties of PIC with an authorized
instructor.
one cross country at least 300NM total distance with landing at 3 airports on of which is a straight line
distance of 250NM.
5 hours in night VFR with 10 TOLs
commercial pilot privileges - correct answer ✔✔- Be the PIC of an aircraft carrying persons/property for
hire
- Give flight instruction, nonstop sightseeing flights, ferry or training flights, crop dusting, banner towing,
aerial photography or survey, fire fighting and powerline or pipeline patrol, etc.
, 61.133
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
define operational control - correct answer ✔✔The exercise of authority over initiating, conducting, and
terminating a flight.
what is common carriage - correct answer ✔✔-holding out or a willingness to,
-transport persons or property,
-from place to place,
-for compensation,
What actions by a pilot would constitute holding out? - correct answer ✔✔Holding out is accomplished
by any means that communicates to the public that a transportation service is indiscriminately available
to the members of that segment of the public that it is designed to attract. There is no specific rule or
criteria as to how holding out is achieved. Instead, holding out is determined by assessing the available
facts of a specific situation. Advertising in any form raises the question of holding out.
What are examples of factors the FAA would consider in deterring whether an operator is holding out? -
correct answer ✔✔Advertising. Social media. apps. email. etc.
Are there commercial operations that a commercial pilot could conduct that do not require the issuance
of a Part 119 certificate? - correct answer ✔✔119.1
Student instruction.
nonstop commercial air tours.
ferry or training flights.
crop dusting. seeding. spraying. bird chasing.
banner towing.
aerial photography or survey.
Commercial pilot eligibility - correct answer ✔✔61.123
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Read write speak English
Hold at least a PPL
At least 3rd class medical
Received the required ground and flight endorsements
Pass the required knowledge and practical test
Meet the aeronautical experience requirements
commercial experience requirements - correct answer ✔✔250 Flight hours.
100 of which must be in a powered aircraft of which 50 must be in an airplane.
100 hours of PIC flight time which includes 50 hours in airplanes and 50 hours XC 10 of which must be in
an airplane.
20 hours of training listed in 61.127(b)(1) that includes at least 10 hours of instrument flying time 5 of
which must be in an airplane.
10 hours in a TAA/Complex/Turbine engine airplane.
10 hours of solo flight time in a single engine aircraft or 10 hours of duties of PIC with an authorized
instructor.
one cross country at least 300NM total distance with landing at 3 airports on of which is a straight line
distance of 250NM.
5 hours in night VFR with 10 TOLs
commercial pilot privileges - correct answer ✔✔- Be the PIC of an aircraft carrying persons/property for
hire
- Give flight instruction, nonstop sightseeing flights, ferry or training flights, crop dusting, banner towing,
aerial photography or survey, fire fighting and powerline or pipeline patrol, etc.
, 61.133
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
define operational control - correct answer ✔✔The exercise of authority over initiating, conducting, and
terminating a flight.
what is common carriage - correct answer ✔✔-holding out or a willingness to,
-transport persons or property,
-from place to place,
-for compensation,
What actions by a pilot would constitute holding out? - correct answer ✔✔Holding out is accomplished
by any means that communicates to the public that a transportation service is indiscriminately available
to the members of that segment of the public that it is designed to attract. There is no specific rule or
criteria as to how holding out is achieved. Instead, holding out is determined by assessing the available
facts of a specific situation. Advertising in any form raises the question of holding out.
What are examples of factors the FAA would consider in deterring whether an operator is holding out? -
correct answer ✔✔Advertising. Social media. apps. email. etc.
Are there commercial operations that a commercial pilot could conduct that do not require the issuance
of a Part 119 certificate? - correct answer ✔✔119.1
Student instruction.
nonstop commercial air tours.
ferry or training flights.
crop dusting. seeding. spraying. bird chasing.
banner towing.
aerial photography or survey.
