Air brakes have absolutely no impact on determining if a vehicle requires a CDL or not. Zip. Zilch. Nada. And that's across all state - CDL regulations are federally mandated. A vehicle with a GVWR of 26,000 or less only requires a CDL if it is 1: carrying a quantity of hazardous materials which requires placards to be displayed or 2: a bus designed to transport more than 15 persons (including the driver). Otherwise, it doesn't need a CDL.
There is no such thing as an air brake endorsement on a US license - only a restriction for CDL holders who do not pass the written air brakes test and perform their pretrip and road tests in a CMV which is equipped with air brakes.
No. Air brakes are not a parameter in determining whether or not a vehicle needs a CDL.
No
Only if it's transporting 16 or more persons (including the driver) or sufficient quantities of hazardous material to require placarding with HAZMAT warning signs.
The air brakes are irrelevant. And you'd need a medical card in that instance if you were doing interstate operations, but not intrastate operations.
This is a tricky one. The GVWR doesn't call for anything but a Class C driver's license--the cutoff for that is 26,001 pounds--but this truck has air brakes and you're driving it as part of your job--maybe your whole job. If I was driving this truck I'd want a Class B CDL and I'd take the air brakes test.
In the US, no - there is no such thing as an air brake endorsement - only a restriction for CDL holders who don't pass the written air brakes test and complete the pretrip and road tests in a vehicle equipped with air brakes, which prohibits them from operating vehicles requiring a CDL which are equipped with air brakes.
Air brakes have absolutely ZERO determination in whether or not a vehicle requires a CDL.
Only if it's hauling hazmat or is a bus designed to transport more than 15 passengers (including the driver). Air brakes have absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a vehicle requires a CDL.
There's no such thing as an air brake endorsement on any US license - only a restriction for CDL holders which bars them from operating a vehicle requiring a CDL which is equipped with air brakes if they don't pass the written air brakes test and perform their pretrip and road tests in a CMV which is equipped with air brakes.
That depends on what type of transmission you have. The truck having air brakes doesn't affect that.
If it does not require a CDL to be driven, there are no additional requirements. Such an endorsement does not exist on US licenses.