(b) Aeronautical knowledge areas.

1. (1) Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations of this chapter that relate to commercial pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations;
2. (2) Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board;
3. (3) Basic aerodynamics and the principles of flight;
4. (4) Meteorology to include recognition of critical weather situations, windshear recognition and avoidance, and the use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts;
5. (5) Safe and efficient operation of aircraft;
6. (6) Weight and balance computations;
7. (7) Use of performance charts;
8. (8) Significance and effects of exceeding aircraft performance limitations;
9. (9) Use of aeronautical charts and a magnetic compass for pilotage and dead reckoning;
10. (10) Use of air navigation facilities;
11. (11) Aeronautical decision making and judgment;
12. (12) Principles and functions of aircraft systems;
13. (13) Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations appropriate to the aircraft;
14. (14) Night and high-altitude operations;
15. (15) Procedures for operating within the National Airspace System; and
16. (16) Procedures for flight and ground training for lighter-than-air ratings.