# CA.II.B — Flight Deck Management — Commercial Pilot Airplane ACS

> CA.II.B from FAA-S-ACS-7B, including the official objective, references, notes, and 11 exact knowledge, risk-management, and skill descriptions.

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## Official Task context

- FAA document: Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards
- Identifier: FAA-S-ACS-7B
- Published source date: November 2023
- Aircraft category: Airplane
- Certificate or rating: Commercial Pilot
- Area of Operation: Area of Operation II. Preflight Procedures
- Task: Task B. Flight Deck Management
- Task code prefix: CA.II.B
- Official references: 14 CFR part 91; AC 120-71; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-3, FAA-H-8083-25; POH/AFM
- FAA source library: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs

## Official Task objective

To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with flight deck management practices.

## Knowledge elements

- **CA.II.B.K1** — Passenger briefing requirements, including operation and required use of safety restraint systems.
- **CA.II.B.K2** — Use of appropriate checklists.
- **CA.II.B.K3** — Requirements for current and appropriate navigation data.
- **CA.II.B.K4** — Securing items and cargo.

## Risk management elements

- **CA.II.B.R1** — Use of systems or equipment, including automation and portable electronic devices.
- **CA.II.B.R2** — Inoperative equipment.
- **CA.II.B.R3** — Passenger distractions.

## Skills elements

- **CA.II.B.S1** — Secure all items in the aircraft.
- **CA.II.B.S2** — Conduct an appropriate passenger briefing, including identifying the pilot-in-command (PIC), use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, doors, passenger conduct, sterile aircraft, propeller blade avoidance, and emergency procedures.
- **CA.II.B.S3** — Properly program and manage the aircraft’s automation, as applicable.
- **CA.II.B.S4** — Appropriately manage risks by utilizing ADM, including SRM/CRM.

## Difficulty methodology

Difficulty calibration is ongoing for this Task. Observed difficulty is a privacy-thresholded check-ride.ai mock-oral practice proxy, not an FAA practical-test pass or fail rate. Underlying sample sizes and the private reporting threshold are not published.

## Official Task notes

- See Appendix 2: Safety of Flight.

## Use in practice

A mock examiner can ask a pilot to explain the published elements, apply them to the configured aircraft and airport context, identify risks, and defend a decision. Practice prompts are not represented as actual FAA examiner scripts or predictions of the questions a candidate will receive.