Performance Handbook

Question 1

Who controls load planning ?

Answer 1

Qantas link regional load control

Question 2

What’s PHL ?

Answer 2

Premium hand luggage

Question 3

Maximum weight of seat occupied cargo ?

Answer 3

15kg

Question 4

Standard weight of an assistant dog ?

Answer 4

32kg

Question 5

Who keeps the manual load statement?

Answer 5

At the departure station

Question 6

If the paper call back card is completed by the ground staff, crew must ensure that the baggage weight is within how much of the planned load ?

Answer 6

100kg

Question 7

What’s margin fuel ?

Answer 7

The difference between the fuel required for flight and the fuel onboard the aircraft before departure

Question 8

What’s the takeoff alternate requirement ?

Answer 8

If the departure port is not suitable for a return to land. Then a takeoff alternate aerodrome must be selected within 1 hour flight time at OEI TAS must meet alternate weather minima requirements

Question 9

Single engine cruise speed 200/300 ?

Answer 9

197/199 KTAS

Question 10

Route distance limitations ?

Answer 10

Planned route must not be further than 60mins flying time from an adequate aerodrome at single engine cruise speed in NIL wind

Question 11

First flight uses what flight planning engine ?

Answer 11

NAVTECH

Question 12

Load and fuel figures will be sent to downstream systems how long prior to ETD ?

Answer 12

40mins

Question 13

First flight is used to communicate all fuel requirements to who ?

Answer 13

Regional load centre for weight and balance calculations and operations control for fuel ordering purposes.

Question 14

Who do we call if we have to change fuel prior to 40mins before ETD ?

Answer 14

MOCO

Question 15

What’s QFE ?

Answer 15

Barometric pressure at the airport

Question 16

Net flight path Takeoff and Enroute?

Answer 16

Gross -0.8% for takeoff

Gross -1.1% for enroute

Question 17

What’s VBG speed ?

Answer 17

Best gradient of climb speed.

Question 18

Takeoff weight limiting conditions?

Answer 18

Field length limit 
Climb limit 
Obstacle limit 
Brake energy limit 
Structural limit

Question 19

Field length limit weight ?

Answer 19

Maximum weight under the prevailing conditions at which the aircraft following an engine failure at V1 can either be brought to a stop at the end of the runway or accelerate to V2 and climb to 35ft at the end of the TODA

Question 20

What’s the climb limit weight ?

Answer 20

Maximum weight that allows the minimum climb gradients in all four segments to be meet. The second segment of 2.4 % is always limiting in dash 8 operations.

Question 21

The aircraft must be capable of clearing vertically all obstacles in the takeoff area by ?

Answer 21

35ft or 50ft in turns

Question 22

Maximum angle of bank in turning procedures during engine failures ?

Answer 22

IAS VBG = 25degrees

Question 23

What flight level gives us the best TAS ?

Answer 23

FL170

Question 24

TAS decreases by how much either side of the best flight level ?

Answer 24

3kts / 1000ft away from FL170

Question 25

NIL wind SGR will be exceeded at FL170 provide the wind at FL250 is less than ?

Answer 25

37kts headwind.

Question 26

Landing weight limiting conditions ?

Answer 26

Field length limit Approach climb limit Landing climb limit