Ground Component

Question 1

What can a flight instructor do?

Answer 1

1. Grant design feature & flight activity endorsements to licence holders
2. MCC training
3. Type rating diff training
4. General Competency
5. Flight Reviews
6. Approve solo flight
7. Approve someone to fly whole receiving flight training for licence / rating / endorsement.

Question 2

How do you get a FIR?

Answer 2

1. Hold a PPL CPL ATPL
2. Teaching, PMI, Cert IV
3. Aeronautical Experience Req. (200/100 or Integ. + flight test)
4. Pass PFIR exam
5. Course of training for G3TE
6. Pass flight test for G3FIR

Question 3

How do you get a training endorsement?

Answer 3

1. complete a course of training for it. Part 61 MoS units of competency.
2. Train at an approved Part 141/142 operator.
3. receive course completion certificate.
4. Do test.

Question 4

Who can conduct BIF?

Answer 4

1. Only someone who has a NVFR-TE or an IR-TE.
2. Exemption CASA EX103/18 - Undertaken relevant gap training given by G1 who’s already authorised to conduct BIF at a part 141/142 operator.

Question 5

Who can do KDRs?

Answer 5

G1 or G2 only

Question 6

Who can conduct a flight review?

Answer 6

G1 or G2 only. G3 TE doesn’t authorise it. Must be rated and authorised to conduct the and operation themselves.

Question 7

Can a flight review be conducted independently of a 141 142?

Answer 7

If training is not required when candidate is participating in a S&P check system, then the review may be external.

Question 8

Can you grant endorsements on a pilots licence? 61.1175

Answer 8

If I have the appropriate training endorsement, yes.
I can grant endorsements on pilots licences, other than:
1. flight examiner endorsements
2. grade 1 or 2 endorsements,
3. or any endorsement that requires a flight test.

Question 9

Can you conduct MCC training? 61.1175

Answer 9

I can’t conduct multi crew cooperation training because I don’t have multi crew experience or the relevant training endorsement. (100hrs MCC time required)

Question 10

Can you conduct differences training for variants of type ratings? 61.1175 (2)

Answer 10

I cant conduct differences training for variants of type ratings because I don’t have the type rating training endorsement.

Question 11

Can you conduct training to meet general competency requirements? 61.1175 (3)

Can it be external of a 141 142?

Answer 11

I can conduct training to meet general competency requirements (61.385) only if I hold a training endorsement that authorises me to conduct training in that aircraft, and I am generally competent myself.

Question 12

Can you conduct a flight review? 61.1175 (6)

Answer 12

I can’t conduct a flight review. Only G1 or G2 FI’s can do them.

Question 13

Can you approve a student to pilot an aircraft solo? 61.1165 & 61.1175 (5)

Answer 13

I can approve a student pilot to pilot an aircraft including for solo flight, other than first solo.

Question 14

What are the recency requirements for a student solo flight?

Answer 14

• Dual flight check within last 14 days (or 30 if its same aircraft type)
• Solo flight time not exceeding 3 hours between checks unless integrated
• 2 hrs BIF if cross country or NVFR and one hour can be in sim.

Question 15

Can you conduct a duel flight check for a student pilot?

Answer 15

• I can conduct a dual flight check for a student pilot.

Question 16

Let’s say someone doesn’t have a rating or endorsement, but the aircraft they want to fly requires one. Under what circumstances can you approve them to pilot this aircraft without it?

Answer 16

• I can approve someone who doesn’t have a rating or endorsement to pilot an aircraft that requires one, for the purposes of receiving flight training.

Question 17

Can you approve someone to transmit on the radio?

Answer 17

• I can approve someone mentioned in reg 61.120 to transmit on the radio.

Question 18

What are the general limitations of an FIR?

Answer 18

• particular category or sim of same category for which the rating is granted
• only if I’m engaged by part 141/142
• I must have training endorsement
• I cant do KDRs
• I must have a valid medical.

Question 19

If you want to conduct activities in Column 2 of an item in table 61.1235, what do you need to have?

Answer 19

• The endorsement mentioned in column 1 of the item, which can only be granted if you have the experience in column 3 of the item.

Question 20

Can you grant an endorsement for an RPL? 61.1175 (4A)

Answer 20

• No. Only G1 or G2.

Question 21

Can you conduct training for an RPL endorsement? 61.1175 (4A)

Answer 21

• Yes.

Question 22

Can you grant an endorsement other than RPL, such as a design feature endorsement? 61.1175 (4)

Answer 22

• Only if I hold the training endorsement required to provide said training for the endorsement.

Question 23

Can you conduct a flight review for a rating on a pilots licence? 61.1175 (6)

Answer 23

• No. Only G1 or G2.

Question 24

Do you need to have a valid proficiency check to exercise the privileges of your G3 rating?

Answer 24

• Yes.

Question 25

If you pass the flight test today and you don’t do anything else, when is your next check due?

Answer 25

* End of the 12th month, after the month in which you pass the test.

Question 26

If you pass the test today, then 7 months later you you get a NVFR training endorsement and pass the test, when is your next check due?

Answer 26

* 24 months after the month in which you pass the test for the endorsement.

Question 27

Say you have an existing check. You now complete an operator proficiency check that covers operations under the rating and it’s conducted by an examiner who holds a flight instructor rating flight test endorsement. When is your next check due?

Answer 27

* The period from when you complete the check to the end of the 24th month, after the month in which you pass the check.

Question 28

Say you’re successfully participating in an operators training and checking system for an operation under the rating, and the operator holds an approval under reg 61.040 for the system. What is the validity period of a check in this system?

Answer 28

* The period during which your are successfully participating in the system.

Question 29

Say you have an existing check. Today you complete an IPC. When is your next check due?

Answer 29

* 24 months after the month in which you pass the IPC.

Question 30

You have 3 months left until your next check is due. You do an IPC. When is your next check due after you pass the IPC?

Answer 30

* To the end of the 24th month, after the validity of the existing check expiry.

Question 31

If you failed that IPC, could you still operating in the remaining 3 months of your old existing check?

Answer 31

* No. If you fail you no longer have a valid check.

Question 32

What aircraft must the check be completed in?

Answer 32

* In an aircraft of approved FSTD for the IPC.

Question 33

Who can conduct an IPC for you?

Answer 33

* CASA, * flight examiner, * the holder of an approval under sub reg 61.040 to conduct an IPC.

Question 34

What are your obligations as a flight instructor?

Answer 34

* You must not conduct training in an aircraft if reg 61.205 prohibits it. * If you do a flight review: endorse licence and give CASA written notice within 14 days. Details can be found in this reg.

Question 35

What are the documents that must be carried?

Answer 35

* MR * Licence & Medical * Flight Manual * AIP maps charts wx * W&B

Question 36

When can you authorise someone to pilot an aircraft without a licence

Answer 36

* PIC is flight instructor * Flight test for a licence * Approved and supervised by flight instructor authorised by 141/142, VFR and according to instructor approval.

Question 37

If a student is flying a plane, where must you be?

Answer 37

* on board or at aerodrome from which flight begun | * flying within 15NM from aerodrome ref pt. & providing guidance via radio or other electronic means.

Question 38

What are the requirements for student pilots in terms of being allowed to fly a plane?

Answer 38

1. ARN 2. 15 years old 3. no Pax 4. Australian Rego 5. Class 1 or 2 medical or exemption 6. Meet recency requirements for solo flights

Question 39

What must you be satisfied with when sending a student solo?

Answer 39

1. Student has been briefed appropriately 2. Is capable of conducting the flight safely 3. Meets English Language Proficiency requirements 4. Has completed the training specified by the 141/142 operator for the conduct of solo flight 5. Has been assessed by the operator as competent to conduct the flight 6. Completed 2hrs BIF if its a x-country or night flight

Question 40

For a student to transmit on the radio, what requirement must they meet if they don’t have a licence or a radio endorsement?

Answer 40

* Approval from the flight instructor * Assessed to meet the general ELP * Completed approved course in ELP

Question 41

If you conduct a session of flight training oh behalf of a Part 141 operator, when must you make records? (Part J)

Answer 41

* Within 7 days after the session. 141.275 | * Retain 7 years

Question 42

If you conduct a session of flight training oh behalf of a Part 142 operator, when must you make records? (Part L)

Answer 42

* Within 21 days after the session. 142.355 | * Retain 7 years

Question 43

If you conduct a flight review or a session of flight training for a flight crew endorsement, other than an endorsement on an operational rating, and its not conducted on behalf of a 141, 142 operator, when must training records be made?

Answer 43

* Within 7 days after the session. How long must you retain these records? * 7 years from the day the record is made.

Question 44

What can be done independent of a 141 or 142 training organisation?

Answer 44

* Flight Activity Endorsements * Flight Review (unless training required) * General Competency

Question 45

Must you be supervised as a G3?

Answer 45

* Yes, must be supervised by the holder of a G1 training endorsement. As to how that supervision is conducted and duration, that is up to the operator now. 61.1246