DGCA ATPL Air Regulations flashcards

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Aircraft Act 1934

The Indian statute that empowers the Central Government to control the manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft, and under which the Aircraft Rules 1937 are made.

Aircraft Rules 1937

Subordinate legislation made under the Aircraft Act 1934, containing detailed provisions on registration, airworthiness, personnel licensing, rules of the air and aerodromes in India.

Aircraft (Amendment) Act 2020

Amendment that gave the AAIB statutory status, provided statutory backing for DGCA and BCAS, and imposed substantially higher penalties for contraventions of Indian aviation law.

DGCA

Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Indian authority responsible for flight crew licensing, airworthiness, air operator certification and safety oversight of civil aviation under the Aircraft Rules 1937.

Article 1 Chicago Convention

Provides that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory, and is the foundation on which all bilateral air services agreements rest.

Article 6 Chicago Convention

Scheduled international air services may not operate over or into a State's territory except with special permission, normally obtained through a bilateral air services agreement between the two States.

Article 38 notification

Requires a State that cannot comply with an ICAO International Standard to notify ICAO of the difference; Recommended Practices do not require such notification of difference.

Fifth freedom traffic right

The right of an airline to carry traffic for reward between two foreign States while operating a service that begins or ends in its own State, granted only by agreement.

ATPL minimum experience

ICAO Annex 1 requires at least 1,500 hours total flight time, a minimum age of 21 years and a valid Class 1 medical before an airline transport pilot licence is issued.

Class 1 medical

The higher medical standard required for CPL and ATPL holders and for commercial flying; valid for 12 months in ICAO terms, with shorter periods in defined cases.

Type rating

The endorsement on a licence authorising flight in a specific aircraft type requiring multi-pilot or type-specific operation, obtained after type-specific ground and flight training and a check.

Ninety-day recency

To carry passengers, a pilot must have completed three take-offs and three landings in the preceding 90 days, at night for night operations, in the same type or class.

Certificate of airworthiness

Document issued by the State of registry certifying that the aircraft conforms to its approved type design and is safe for flight; in India it is issued by DGCA.

Airworthiness Directive

A mandatory instruction from the State of Design or from DGCA requiring inspection, modification or limitation on an aircraft, engine or component, with compliance times that cannot be exceeded.

Minimum Equipment List

The operator's document, derived from the approved master MEL, listing items that may be inoperative for dispatch under stated conditions; items not listed must be serviceable.

CAR 145 approval

Indian approval for a maintenance organisation that meets Continuing Airworthiness Requirement 145, allowing it to maintain aircraft and issue certificates of release to service within its scope.

Air Operator Certificate

Authorisation issued by DGCA permitting the holder to operate commercial air transport with specified aircraft types, subject to approved manuals, organisation, training and continued oversight.

Flight duty period

The period beginning when a crew member reports for duty, including a flight or series of flights, and ending when the aircraft finally comes to rest with engines shut down.

Final reserve fuel

Fuel needed to hold for 30 minutes at 1,500 feet above the alternate at holding speed for turbine aeroplanes, or for 45 minutes for piston-engine aeroplanes.

Proving flight

A flight required during air operator certificate certification to demonstrate that the operator can conduct the intended operation safely according to its approved procedures and manuals.

Semicircular cruising levels

ICAO rule assigning odd thousands to magnetic tracks 000 to 179 degrees and even thousands to 180 to 359 degrees for IFR, with 500 feet added for VFR flights.

Right of way, converging

When two aircraft converge at approximately the same level, the aircraft that has the other on its right must give way, normally by altering heading to the right.

Squawk 7600

The SSR transponder code indicating radio communication failure; the pilot continues in accordance with the last clearance and the applicable lost-communication procedures.

Transition altitude

The altitude at or below which the altimeter is set to local pressure; in India it is generally 4,000 feet, with the transition level situated above it.

Accident (Annex 13)

An occurrence between boarding and disembarking in which a person is killed or seriously injured, the aircraft suffers substantial damage or structural failure, or the aircraft is missing.

Serious injury

An injury that requires hospitalisation for more than 48 hours starting within seven days, or involves fracture, serious laceration, or injury to internal organs.

AAIB

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, the Indian body that investigates accidents and serious incidents involving civil aircraft; it is independent of DGCA and statutory since 2020.

State of Occurrence

The State in whose territory an accident or incident happens; it must institute the investigation and notify ICAO when the aircraft exceeds 2,250 kg maximum mass.

Annex 17

ICAO Annex on security, requiring each State to establish a civil aviation security programme protecting passengers, aircraft and facilities against acts of unlawful interference.

Annex 9

ICAO Annex on facilitation, setting standards to streamline clearance of aircraft, passengers and cargo at borders while maintaining effective customs, immigration and health controls.

Shipper's Declaration

A signed document by which the consignor certifies that dangerous goods are correctly classified, packed, marked and labelled according to the ICAO Technical Instructions.

Annex 16 Volume I

ICAO standards for aircraft noise certification, defining noise limits and measurement procedures that aircraft must meet before operation, with chapters applying by aircraft type.