2. Ujaval Patel

3. General Regulatory Requirements Flight Crew Regulations Flight Crew Scheduling

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

5. 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 “on- demand” 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”

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

7. 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) CapacityFlight Attendants 0-180 19-501 51-1002 1203 1754

8. 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.)

9. 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

10. 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

11. CRM training Flight Physicals Recurrent training in simulators to maintain and test proficiency

12. 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

13. General Regulations Flight Crew Regulations Flight Crew Scheduling

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