Flight Crew Regulations and Scheduling

Ujaval Patel

 General Regulatory Requirements  Flight Crew Regulations  Flight Crew Scheduling

 Aviation Agencies  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  Joint Aviation Authority (JAA)  International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

 Part 119 – “Certification of air carriers and commercial      

operators” Part 121 – “Operation requirements for domestic, flag, and supplemental operations” Part 135 – “Operation requirements for commuter and “ondemand” air taxi operation” Part 91 – “General operation and flight rules” Part 61 – “Certification of pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors” Part 65 – “Certification of persons other than flight crew” Part 67 – “Medical standards”

 Flight Crew  Cabin Crew – “Customer Service” in the air  Cockpit Crew – Fly the plane

 Seating capacity 19-50: 1 flight attendant  Seating capacity 51-100: 2 flight attendants  Seating capacity 101+: 2 flight attendants + 1 for every

50 seats (or fraction of 50) Capacity

Flight Attendants

0-18

0

19-50

1

51-100

2

120

3

175

4

 Training:  4-7 weeks including in flight training  Annual training for each aircraft they are qualified on  Crew Resource Management (CRM) to effectively use

resources available  Responsible for:  Safety  Evacuations  Emergencies (medical, flights, etc)  Boarding  Customer service (meals, entertainment, etc.)

 Generally 2 pilots: Captain on left and Co-pilot on

right  More crew on older aircraft  Longer flights have larger crews including relief pilots  Captain is Pilot In Command (PIC) holds Airline

Transport Pilot rating (ATP) to be PIC  Relief pilots have to hold ATP rating

 New Hire flight experience: 1500-5000 flight hours,

including 1000 hours in multiengine/jet  At least some college education  Initial training 4 – 6 weeks on ground and in simulators  Check rides

 Licensing by national authorities  Commercial/transport certificationn

 Certified in specific (larger) aircraft

 CRM training  Flight Physicals  Recurrent training in simulators to maintain and test

proficiency

 Roster  The schedule a flight crew works  Consists of days on and days off

 Bidlines  Used by some airlines  Awarded based on seniority, flight requirements and

experience  Each package targets crew base, equipment type, seat, and division (LaGuardia – B767 – Captain – International)  65 – 85 hours over 10 – 18 days

 General Regulations  Flight Crew Regulations  Flight Crew Scheduling

 The Global Airline Industry – Section 8.2  Peter Belobaba, Amedeo Odoni, Cynthia Barnhart