ATP/Student
This Federal agency issues the ATP certificate to qualify pilots in the U.S.
What is the FAA?
A pilot certificate that allows flight under Instrument Flight Rules.
What is an instrument rating?
The minimum flight time needed for a private pilots license.
What is 40 hours?
This is what CFI stands for.
What is Certified Flight Instructor.
This is the medical you need to become a commercial pilot.
What is a first class medical?
Before becoming an ATP, a pilot must first hold this certificate.(allows them to get paid for flying)
What is a Commercial pilots license?
The minimum amount of cross-country hours as PIC to get your instrument rating?
What is 50 hours?
This is the minimum age to get your PPL.
What is 16 years old?
This is what CFII stands for.
What is Certified Flight Instrument Instructor?
The minimum amount of hours for a commercial pilot certificate.
What is 250 hours?
To act as PIC for an airline, an ATP certificate holder must have what class medical?
What is first-class medical?
A document from the FAA that certifies a pilot's physical and mental fitness to safely operate an aircraft.
What is an aviation medical?
You must obtain this type of medical certificate to be eligible for a PPL.
What is a third-class medical?
This is when a CFI certificate expires.
What is never?
This specific ATC position is responsible for controlling all traffic on the runways and in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
What is Ground Control?
Total flight hours (minimum) for a standard ATP certificate.
What is 1500 hours?
The amount of time that a first class medical lasts. (for pilots under 40).
What is 12 calendar months?
This is the name of the written test you must take after completing ground school.
What is the FAA knowledge test?
Commercial or airline transport pilot certificate with an instrument rating and at least 250 hours of flight time.
What are the minimum flight requirements?
This independent Federal agency is responsible for investigating all civil aviation accidents and issuing safety recommendations, but has no regulatory authority.
Who is the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)?
Before 2014, the ATP-CTP course was not a requirement for earning an ATP certificate, it was made mandatory after what crash in 2009.
What is Colgan Air Flight 3407?
The minimum number of hours needed of instrument flight training to get your instrument rating?
What is 3 hours?
This is the final practical exam required to obtain a pilot's certificate.
What is a checkride?
Teaches specifically instrument rating students.
What is a CFII?
This term refers to exercising authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.
What is operation control?