AIR METHODS CORE EXAM TEST 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When shall the W&B information be entered on the DFL/Load manifest? - ✔✔-
Takeoff and max weights will be entered for all flights, except maintenance, training,
ferry and re position flights.
-To facilitate situational awareness the pilot may record time, weight and balance data
either
immediately on the DFL itself, or on another location (e.g. Trip Sheet from Section 4),
then transfer it to the DFL at a safer time but no later than the completion of the last leg
of the current flight.
(GOM 2-13)
✔✔What 16 documents must be onboard? - ✔✔- Air Methods' General Operations
Manual (Including Operations Specifications)
- Aircraft Maintenance Log
- Airworthiness Certificate (displayed at the cabin door or cockpit entrance so that it is
legible to
passengers and crew)
- Aircraft Registration
- Aircraft Status Report retrievable from 411
- Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual
- Appropriate and current aeronautical charts for VFR or IFR operations
- One passenger briefing card per seat at a location convenient for the use of each
passenger.
The passenger briefing cards shall be appropriate for the aircraft configuration.
- Cockpit Checklist (meeting the requirements of 135.83)
- Daily Flight Log
- Deferred Discrepancy Report
- FCC radio station license (when required)
-IIMC Procedure, as applicable
- Minimum Equipment List (If applicable)
- Pilots Maintenance and Servicing Procedures
- Weight and balance information
- Hazardous Materials Manual
(GOM 2-17)
✔✔If a pilot declares and emergency, who shall he report to? - ✔✔Director of
Operations and/or Chief Pilot who will forward it to the FAA no later than ten (10)
business days after the day of the deviation. (GOM 2-19)
✔✔If a flight is going to take a pilot beyond 14 hrs duty time, how far can a pilot go? -
✔✔IAW 135.267(d). See (GOM 2.24.1)
, ✔✔Is the IIMC Procedure Template required to be posted at the respective base,
available to the pilot or both? - ✔✔Yes (GOM 2.37)
✔✔Where are the documents for International Operations found? - ✔✔FlightDeck
(GOM 2.38)
✔✔Are there times that trained medical personnel are responsible to ensure
passengers receive a safety briefing? - ✔✔Medical personnel may brief but it is always
the responsibility of the PIC to ensure that it happens.
(GOM 2.46)
✔✔14 CFR 135.207 VFR Visibility Requirements - ✔✔
✔✔Who must participate in shift change briefings? - ✔✔Duty medical
personnel/crewmembers and
any others that might be appropriate. (GOM 2.57)
✔✔When shall sterile cockpit be in effect? - ✔✔"Critical phase" of flight defined as
ground operations including taxi, takeoff, landing, and all other flight operations below
10,000 feet, except cruise flight. (GOM 2.59)
✔✔Air Methods pilots will use one or more of the approved weather sources for
IFR/VFR flight planning. Name them: - ✔✔-Telvent DTN (Schneider Electric)
-WSI
-DTC DUAT
-CSC DUATS
-Foreflight
-Any Internet package/provider that uses the sources listed in A010 for weather
information may be used at the pilot's discretion.
(GOM 2.62)
✔✔Upon returning from a flight request where you had to defer an aircraft discrepancy,
what are your administrative actions if a mechanic is not available? - ✔✔The Deferred
Discrepancy Log shall be faxed to the Maintenance Support Representative within 24
hours of deferral.
(GOM 5.6.1)
✔✔Who may operate tugs and other equipment to move an aircraft? - ✔✔Properly
trained Air Methods' pilots, mechanics, or medical personnel who are employees of Air
Methods. (GOM 6.1)
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When shall the W&B information be entered on the DFL/Load manifest? - ✔✔-
Takeoff and max weights will be entered for all flights, except maintenance, training,
ferry and re position flights.
-To facilitate situational awareness the pilot may record time, weight and balance data
either
immediately on the DFL itself, or on another location (e.g. Trip Sheet from Section 4),
then transfer it to the DFL at a safer time but no later than the completion of the last leg
of the current flight.
(GOM 2-13)
✔✔What 16 documents must be onboard? - ✔✔- Air Methods' General Operations
Manual (Including Operations Specifications)
- Aircraft Maintenance Log
- Airworthiness Certificate (displayed at the cabin door or cockpit entrance so that it is
legible to
passengers and crew)
- Aircraft Registration
- Aircraft Status Report retrievable from 411
- Airplane or Rotorcraft Flight Manual
- Appropriate and current aeronautical charts for VFR or IFR operations
- One passenger briefing card per seat at a location convenient for the use of each
passenger.
The passenger briefing cards shall be appropriate for the aircraft configuration.
- Cockpit Checklist (meeting the requirements of 135.83)
- Daily Flight Log
- Deferred Discrepancy Report
- FCC radio station license (when required)
-IIMC Procedure, as applicable
- Minimum Equipment List (If applicable)
- Pilots Maintenance and Servicing Procedures
- Weight and balance information
- Hazardous Materials Manual
(GOM 2-17)
✔✔If a pilot declares and emergency, who shall he report to? - ✔✔Director of
Operations and/or Chief Pilot who will forward it to the FAA no later than ten (10)
business days after the day of the deviation. (GOM 2-19)
✔✔If a flight is going to take a pilot beyond 14 hrs duty time, how far can a pilot go? -
✔✔IAW 135.267(d). See (GOM 2.24.1)
, ✔✔Is the IIMC Procedure Template required to be posted at the respective base,
available to the pilot or both? - ✔✔Yes (GOM 2.37)
✔✔Where are the documents for International Operations found? - ✔✔FlightDeck
(GOM 2.38)
✔✔Are there times that trained medical personnel are responsible to ensure
passengers receive a safety briefing? - ✔✔Medical personnel may brief but it is always
the responsibility of the PIC to ensure that it happens.
(GOM 2.46)
✔✔14 CFR 135.207 VFR Visibility Requirements - ✔✔
✔✔Who must participate in shift change briefings? - ✔✔Duty medical
personnel/crewmembers and
any others that might be appropriate. (GOM 2.57)
✔✔When shall sterile cockpit be in effect? - ✔✔"Critical phase" of flight defined as
ground operations including taxi, takeoff, landing, and all other flight operations below
10,000 feet, except cruise flight. (GOM 2.59)
✔✔Air Methods pilots will use one or more of the approved weather sources for
IFR/VFR flight planning. Name them: - ✔✔-Telvent DTN (Schneider Electric)
-WSI
-DTC DUAT
-CSC DUATS
-Foreflight
-Any Internet package/provider that uses the sources listed in A010 for weather
information may be used at the pilot's discretion.
(GOM 2.62)
✔✔Upon returning from a flight request where you had to defer an aircraft discrepancy,
what are your administrative actions if a mechanic is not available? - ✔✔The Deferred
Discrepancy Log shall be faxed to the Maintenance Support Representative within 24
hours of deferral.
(GOM 5.6.1)
✔✔Who may operate tugs and other equipment to move an aircraft? - ✔✔Properly
trained Air Methods' pilots, mechanics, or medical personnel who are employees of Air
Methods. (GOM 6.1)
