AIR METHODS STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔By regulation, what credential must an FAA inspector present to the PIC IOT gain
access to the pilot compartment of the aircraft? - ✔✔Aviation Safety Inspector
credential, FAA Form 110A
(FAR 135.75)
✔✔What current materials are Air Methods required to provide to you as the pilot? -
✔✔For single engine VFR operations:
-A cockpit checklist.
-Pertinent aeronautical charts
(FAR 135.83)
✔✔In an unpressurized aircraft, _____________ percentage of the occupants, other
than the pilot, must be supplied oxygen between ____________ and ____________
feet lasting longer than 30 minutes. - ✔✔In an unpressurized aircraft, ____10____
percentage of the occupants, other than the pilot, must be supplied oxygen between
_____10,000____ and ____15,000____ feet lasting longer than 30 minutes.
(FAR 135.157)
✔✔Is there are communication equipment requirement for operations under VFR over
routes by pilotage and dead reckoning. - ✔✔Yes, communication must be able to fulfill
the following at any point enroute except in remote locations and areas of mountainous
terrain where geographical constraints make such communication impossible.
-Communicate with at least one appropriate station from any point on the route
-Communicate with appropriate air traffic control facilities from any point within
controlled airspace (B, C, D, E)
-Receive meteorological information
(FAR 135.161)
✔✔Is there an exception to the shoulder harness rule requiring a shoulder harness to
be worn? - ✔✔If the crewmember cannot perform the required duties with the shoulder
harness fastened.
(FAR 135.171)
✔✔What values are used to determine the current empty weight and balance at 36
month intervals? - ✔✔Actual Weighing
, (FAR 135.185)
✔✔For carrying passenger for VFR over the top, what must the weather
reports/forecast indicate for the point of termination and for how long? - ✔✔VFR and is
forecast to remain so until at least 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival.
(FAR 135.211)
✔✔What is the minimum airmen certificate requirement to fly VFR under Part 135? -
✔✔Commercial Pilot Certificate
(VFR Over-the-Top requires Instrument)
(FAR 135. 243)
✔✔Is Air Methods authorized to assign any specific non-flying duties to a PIC during
any required rest period? - ✔✔No
No certificate holder may assign any flight crewmember to any duty with the certificate
holder during any required rest period.
FAR (135.263 (B))
✔✔If you as a PIC are required to travel to another base for duty as a PIC, may you
consider travel time either to or from that base as part of a required rest period? - ✔✔No
Time spent in transportation, not local in character, that a certificate holder requires of a
flight crewmember and provides to transport the crewmember to an airport at which he
is to serve on a flight as a crewmember, or from an airport at which he was relieved
from duty to return to his home station, is not considered part of a rest period.
FAR (135.263 (C))
✔✔Under "normal flight planning" is there an allowance for exceeding flight time
limitations? - ✔✔Yes
A flight crewmember is not considered to be assigned flight time in excess of flight time
limitations if the flights to which he is assigned normally terminate within the limitations,
but due to circumstances beyond the control of the certificate holder or flight
crewmember (such as adverse weather conditions), are not at the time of departure
expected to reach their destination within the planned flight time.
FAR (135.263 (D))
✔✔As a PIC for Air Methods, is your flight time limitation concerned with only time
accrued while in the employ of Air Methods? - ✔✔No
"...crewmember's total flight time in all commercial flying"
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔By regulation, what credential must an FAA inspector present to the PIC IOT gain
access to the pilot compartment of the aircraft? - ✔✔Aviation Safety Inspector
credential, FAA Form 110A
(FAR 135.75)
✔✔What current materials are Air Methods required to provide to you as the pilot? -
✔✔For single engine VFR operations:
-A cockpit checklist.
-Pertinent aeronautical charts
(FAR 135.83)
✔✔In an unpressurized aircraft, _____________ percentage of the occupants, other
than the pilot, must be supplied oxygen between ____________ and ____________
feet lasting longer than 30 minutes. - ✔✔In an unpressurized aircraft, ____10____
percentage of the occupants, other than the pilot, must be supplied oxygen between
_____10,000____ and ____15,000____ feet lasting longer than 30 minutes.
(FAR 135.157)
✔✔Is there are communication equipment requirement for operations under VFR over
routes by pilotage and dead reckoning. - ✔✔Yes, communication must be able to fulfill
the following at any point enroute except in remote locations and areas of mountainous
terrain where geographical constraints make such communication impossible.
-Communicate with at least one appropriate station from any point on the route
-Communicate with appropriate air traffic control facilities from any point within
controlled airspace (B, C, D, E)
-Receive meteorological information
(FAR 135.161)
✔✔Is there an exception to the shoulder harness rule requiring a shoulder harness to
be worn? - ✔✔If the crewmember cannot perform the required duties with the shoulder
harness fastened.
(FAR 135.171)
✔✔What values are used to determine the current empty weight and balance at 36
month intervals? - ✔✔Actual Weighing
, (FAR 135.185)
✔✔For carrying passenger for VFR over the top, what must the weather
reports/forecast indicate for the point of termination and for how long? - ✔✔VFR and is
forecast to remain so until at least 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival.
(FAR 135.211)
✔✔What is the minimum airmen certificate requirement to fly VFR under Part 135? -
✔✔Commercial Pilot Certificate
(VFR Over-the-Top requires Instrument)
(FAR 135. 243)
✔✔Is Air Methods authorized to assign any specific non-flying duties to a PIC during
any required rest period? - ✔✔No
No certificate holder may assign any flight crewmember to any duty with the certificate
holder during any required rest period.
FAR (135.263 (B))
✔✔If you as a PIC are required to travel to another base for duty as a PIC, may you
consider travel time either to or from that base as part of a required rest period? - ✔✔No
Time spent in transportation, not local in character, that a certificate holder requires of a
flight crewmember and provides to transport the crewmember to an airport at which he
is to serve on a flight as a crewmember, or from an airport at which he was relieved
from duty to return to his home station, is not considered part of a rest period.
FAR (135.263 (C))
✔✔Under "normal flight planning" is there an allowance for exceeding flight time
limitations? - ✔✔Yes
A flight crewmember is not considered to be assigned flight time in excess of flight time
limitations if the flights to which he is assigned normally terminate within the limitations,
but due to circumstances beyond the control of the certificate holder or flight
crewmember (such as adverse weather conditions), are not at the time of departure
expected to reach their destination within the planned flight time.
FAR (135.263 (D))
✔✔As a PIC for Air Methods, is your flight time limitation concerned with only time
accrued while in the employ of Air Methods? - ✔✔No
"...crewmember's total flight time in all commercial flying"
