What is the FAA responsible for? correct answers The Federal Aviation Administration is
responsible for establishing, reviewing, and enforcing general regulations for all aviation
activities in the US
What does the FAA create to help with this? correct answers The FAR (Federal Aviation
Regulation)
-Most important part in FAR Part 91 "General Operating and Flight Rules"
What else did the FAA create? correct answers The AIM (Aeronautical Information Manual)
which is the official guide to basic flight information and ATC procedures for use in the National
Airspace System
Difference between AIM and FAR correct answers While the wording in the AIM might be
different, the information is consistent with FAR Part 91 and normally easier to read.
Priority of Regulations correct answers Specific Aircraft NATOPS Flight Manual
CNAF M-3710.7
Flight Information Pubs (FLIPs)
FAR Part 91
Talk about wording correct answers Shall: procedure is mandatory
Should: procedure is recommended
May/Need Not: procedure is optional
What does the ATC do? (2 things) correct answers 1) Enforces FAR Part 91
2) Approves flight plans and grants clearances
ATC Flight Service Station (FSS) correct answers 1) Provide pilot briefings
2) En route comms
3) Search and rescue services
4) Assist lost aircraft and aircraft in emergency situations
5) Relay ATC clearances
6) Originate NOTAMs
7) Broadcast Aviation Weather
8) Receive and process flight plans
9) Provide some flight following
10) Monitor Navigational Aids
Control Tower correct answers Agency responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of
traffic operating on and in the vicinity of an airport
3 Parts of Control Tower correct answers 1) Clearance Delivery
2) Ground
3) Tower (maintain efficient flow of traffic in airspace)
, Approach Control (APC) correct answers Control instrument flight rules traffic in terminal area
(any area where ATC services provided)
Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) correct answers "Center" is established primarily to
control en route IFR traffic, i.e. IFR traffic that is between terminal areas
Pilot in Command (PIC) responsibilities correct answers PIC: "The pilot responsible for the
operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time"
Directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to the operation of that aircraft
3710.7: Responsible for the safe, orderly flight of aircraft and well-being of the crew.
Approval Preflight Planning correct answers Weather reports and forecasts
NOTAMs
Fuel Requirements
Alternate Airfields
Anticipated traffic delays
Flight Plan
[Definitions (2), Form, Common Example] correct answers Way of relaying important
information about the flight to the departure airport, destination airport, and all immediate
agencies.
Establishes a baseline for lost communication and missing aircraft procedures if necessary.
DD-175
Most common form is the flight schedule
Weather Brief correct answers Must be familiar with weather conditions.
For flights where any portion of the intended route is forecast to be under Instrument
Meteorological Conditions (IMC), naval aviators shall obtain a flight route weather brief from a
DoD-qualified forecaster or approved forecasting service
-Flight Weather Brief (FWB) at the Naval Aviation Forecast Center (NAFC), its satellite
components, or within the MC Weather Services
What do you do flight weather briefs with? correct answers DD-175-1 form (Dash-1)
Valid for 3 hours past briefing/FWB delivery, or ETD+30mins (whichever is earlier)
When are deviations allowed? correct answers When the judgment of the PIC decides that safety
of flight is in jeopardy