"(b) Each qualifying pilot shall show that he has adequate knowledge of the following:
(1) Weather characteristics appropriate to the seasons.
(2) Navigation facilities.
(3) Communication procedures.
(4) Kinds of terrain and obstruction hazards.
(5) Minimum safe flight levels.
(6) Pertinent air traffic control procedures including terminal area, arrival, departure, and holding all kinds of instrument approach procedures.
(7) Congested areas, obstruction, and physical layout of each airport in the terminal area in which the pilot will operate."
In accordance with the company's Operations Manual, when the captain signed the flight release, he certified that he had studied and knew the subjects listed above with regard to the route and airports into which he intended to operate. There was, however, no procedure in the manual to provide for a showing by the captain that he had the requisite knowledge.
The airport and route qualifications applicable to scheduled flights of Southern Airways are contained in Part 121.443. This part contains the above-listed requirements of Part 121.445 and also includes the following:
(1) He must show adequate knowledge of position reporting points and holding procedures. This may be demonstrated in a properly equipped synthetic trainer.
(2) He must make an entry, as a member of the flightcrew, at each regular, provisional, and refueling airport into which he is scheduled to fly. The entry must include a takeoff and a landing, and the qualifying pilot must occupy a seat in the pilot compartment, and must be accompanied by a pilot who is qualified for the airport.
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