Pilot in Command
The pilot in command (PIC) of an aircraft is the person who is in charge of the aircraft and is the final authority over all operations and safety throughout the flight.
Pilot In Command: The person who has final authority and responsibility for the operation and safety of the flight; and has been designated as pilot in command before or during the flight; and holds the appropriate category, class, ...
PILOT IN COMMAND (PiC) - The pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time.
As pilot in command you are responsible to ascertain that the aircraft is an airworthy condition. As such you are required to check all aircraft papers as weight (mass) and balance, aircraft logbooks, licenses and limitations.
The pilot in command of an aircraft must assess all the foregoing factors and conditions to ascertain the cumulative total distance required for take-off and obstacle clearance and then judge if the take-off can be safely conducted.
P. 1 Pilot in Command
P. 1/S Pilot in Command Under supervision
P. 2 Second Pilot exercising the privileges of his licence as a required member of the operating crew ...
P1 - Pilot in command.
P2 - Co-pilot; only valid in logbooks if the aircraft requires a co-pilot to operate legally (so not appropriate for PPLs 'sharing' flights in single-engine aircraft).
SPIC
Student Pilot in Command (JAR-FCL)
SPIN
A maneuver where one wing is stalled and the other is still flying. This causes the airplane to rotate around its middle while it descends at a high r...
PIC: ≡ pilot in command, 21.1
Pitot tube, 2.12.6, 3.4.2, 11.2
POH: ≡ Pilot's Operating Handbook, 1.2.3
Pressure: definition, 3.4.3
paddle:means of creating circulation, 3.11
panic, intro, 14.7.1, 15.1.3
paper demo, 3.11, 18.4.1 ...
As pilot in command, it is your responsibility to check these items.
You and your passenger jumped into the airplane and prepared to start the engine only to find no checklist.
The checklist may be a separate document readily available.
Medical certificates, or medicals for short, are required for anyone acting as pilot in command. A medical must be in your personal possession or readily accessible in the aircraft.
Large aircraft airline pilots must have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight time, including at least 250 hours flying as a pilot in command of an aircraft.
They are usually left-hand because most small airplanes are piloted from the left seat (or the senior pilot or pilot in command sits in the left seat), and so the pilot has better visibility out the left window.
s operations specifications (OpSpecs) that is designated in a dispatch or flight release for use in the event of a diversion during ETOPS. This definition applies to flight planning and does not in any way limit the authority of the pilot in command ...
3(a) states: "The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.
props) MSL Mean Sea Level - altitude above the ocean Mogas Motor (automotive) gasoline NORDO No-radio NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking O2 Oxygen (Aviator's Breathing Oxygen, of course!) OAT Outside Air Temperature PIC Pilot In Command POH Pilot's ...
 See also: Pilot, Flight, Aircraft, Aviation, Direct
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