AP.I.A.S5
SkillComply with operations specifications, management specifications, and letters of authorization, if applicable.
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- Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents › Minimum Equipment Lists (MEL) and Operations With Inoperative Equipment
equipment must be placarded INOPERATIVE. All small rotorcraft, non-turbine powered airplanes, gliders, or lighter-than-air aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 91 are eligible to use the maintenance deferral provisions of 14 CFR, part 91, section ... However, once an operator requests an MEL, and a Letter of Authorization (LOA) is issued by the FAA, then the use of the MEL becomes mandatory for that aircraft. All maintenance deferrals must be accomplished in accordance with the terms…
- Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Single-Pilot Resource Management
Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Single-Pilot Resource Management While CRM focuses on pilots operating in crew environments, many of the concepts apply to single-pilot operations. Many CRM principles have been successfully applied to single-pilot aircraft ... development of Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM). SRM is defined as the art and science of managing all the resources (both on-board the aircraft and from outside sources) available to a single pilot (prior to and during flight…
- Chapter 15: Airspace › Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System › Operating Rules and Pilot/Equipment Requirements
Operating Rules and Pilot/Equipment Requirements The safety of flight is a top priority of all pilots and the responsibilities associated with operating an aircraft should always be taken seriously. The air traffic system maintains a high degree of safety ... well, as evidenced by the fact that the country has the safest aviation system in the world. All aircraft operating in today’s National Airspace System (NAS) has complied with the CFR governing its certification and maintenance; all pilots operating…
- Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions
touch-and-go landings TH—threshold THN—thin THR—threshold THRU—through THU—Thursday TIL—until TIMS—telecommunications information management system TIPS—terminal information processing system TKOF—takeoff TL—taxilane TM—traffic management TM&O—telecommunications management and operations ... Traffic Management Advisor TMC—Traffic Management Coordinator TMC/MC—Traffic Management Coordinator/Military Coordinator TMCC—terminal information processing system; Traffic Management Computer Complex TMF—Traffic Management Facility TML—television microwave link TMLI—television microwave link indicator TMLR—television microwave link repeater TMLT…
- Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Automation › Information Management
better strategy for accessing and managing the information available in advanced avionics computers is to stop, look, and read. Reading before pushing, pulling, or twisting can often save a pilot some trouble. Once behind the display screens on an advanced ... avionics aircraft, the pilot’s goal is to meter, manage, and prioritize the information flow to accomplish specific tasks. Certificated flight instructors (CFIs), as well as pilots transitioning to advanced avionics, will find it helpful to corral the information flow…
- 14 CFR Part 91, Appendix G to Part 91—Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace
applicant in writing. Section 3. Operator Authorization (a) Except as specified in Section 9 of this appendix, authority for an operator to conduct flight in airspace where RVSM is applied is issued in operations specifications, a Letter of Authorization ... management specifications issued under subpart K of this part, as appropriate. To issue an RVSM authorization under this section, the Administrator must find that the operator's aircraft have been approved in accordance with Section 2 of this appendix…