ATP/Student
Instrument/Medical
Private
CFI/CFII
Commercial
100

This Federal agency issues the ATP certificate to qualify pilots in the U.S.

What is the FAA?

100

A pilot certificate that allows flight under Instrument Flight Rules.

What is an instrument rating?

100

The minimum flight time needed for a private pilots license.

What is 40 hours?

100

This is what CFI stands for.

What is Certified Flight Instructor.

100

This is the medical you need to become a commercial pilot.

What is a first class medical?

200

Before becoming an ATP, a pilot must first hold this certificate.(allows them to get paid for flying)

What is a Commercial pilots license?

200

The minimum amount of cross-country hours as PIC to get your instrument rating?

What is 50 hours?

200

This is the minimum age to get your PPL.

What is 16 years old?

200

This is what CFII stands for.

What is Certified Flight Instrument Instructor?

200

The minimum amount of hours for a commercial pilot certificate.

What is 250 hours?

300

To act as PIC for an airline, an ATP certificate holder must have what class medical?

What is first-class medical?

300

A document from the FAA that certifies a pilot's physical and mental fitness to safely operate an aircraft.

What is an aviation medical?

300

You must obtain this type of medical certificate to be eligible for a PPL.

What is a third-class medical?

300

This is when a CFI certificate expires.

What is never?

300

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?

400

Total flight hours (minimum) for a standard ATP certificate.

What is 1500 hours?

400

The amount of time that a first class medical lasts. (for pilots under 40).

What is 12 calendar months? 

400

This is the name of the written test you must take after completing ground school.

What is the FAA knowledge test?

400

Commercial or airline transport pilot certificate with an instrument rating and at least 250 hours of flight time.

What are the minimum flight requirements?

400

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)?

500

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?

500

The minimum number of hours needed of instrument flight training to get your instrument rating?

What is 3 hours?

500

This is the final practical exam required to obtain a pilot's certificate.

What is a checkride?

500

Teaches specifically instrument rating students.

What is a CFII?

500

This term refers to exercising authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating a flight.

What is operation control?