BR-ANAC-AVI study plan
BR-ANAC-AVI · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 8 hours per week
Air Law and Regulatory Framework & Aircraft General Knowledge
Map the Air Law syllabus into a one-page checklist of sub-topics and rate your current confidence on each
Explain, in writing, the structure of ICAO annexes versus EU/national implementing rules and where each applies to a commercial air transport flight
List the documents and certificates that must be carried on board and state the validity and carriage rules for each
Identify the aircraft general knowledge sub-systems (airframe, hydraulics, electrical, fuel, pressurisation) and label a hand-drawn system diagram for each
Your checkpoint
A completed 40-item self-assessment checklist covering Domains 1 and 2, with a confidence score (1-5) and a named study source for every item scoring 3 or below
Air Law and Regulatory Framework & Aircraft General Knowledge
Recite the rules on crew duty, rest, flight time limitations and recency, and apply them to three worked roster scenarios
Describe the categories of airspace, the associated clearance and equipment requirements, and the rules on interception and emergency frequency
Explain the operating principles, indications and failure consequences of the pneumatic, electrical and hydraulic power sources
Summarise the limitations and normal/abnormal operation of the pressurisation and air-conditioning systems
Your checkpoint
A two-page written briefing on flight/duty time limitations plus a fault-tree sheet linking five major aircraft systems to their cockpit indications and immediate crew actions
Meteorology & Navigation
Decode a full METAR and TAF, including trend groups, and state the operational significance of each element
Interpret significant weather charts, wind and temperature aloft charts, and icing/turbulence forecast products
Explain the formation, hazards and avoidance strategy for thunderstorms, mountain waves, windshear, low-level jets and aircraft icing
Compute true altitude from pressure altitude and OAT, and derive track, heading, groundspeed and drift from a given wind triangle
Your checkpoint
A worked weather-and-navigation exercise pack: five decoded METARs/TAFs with go/no-go reasoning, one completed wind-triangle problem set, and one altitude-correction calculation shown step by step
Meteorology & Navigation
Describe the structure of the atmosphere, the pressure and temperature gradients, and how each affects altimetry and aircraft performance
Explain the causes and operational significance of fog, low stratus and frontal weather, and state the conditions under which each forms
Interpret ICAO chart symbols, scale, grid and the differences between Lambert conformal, Mercator and polar stereographic projections
Explain the principles of VOR, DME, NDB, ILS, GNSS and area navigation, and state the accuracy and failure-monitoring limitations of each
Your checkpoint
A closed-book practice test on Domains 5 and 6 (30 questions, 45 minutes) scored and reviewed, with every wrong answer rewritten as a correct one-sentence rule
Flight Performance and Planning & Operational Procedures
Compute take-off and landing distance corrections for mass, pressure altitude, temperature, wind, slope and runway surface using published performance data
Derive the maximum allowable take-off mass for a given runway and conditions, and state the limiting factor in each case
Explain the fuel policy, reserve and contingency requirements, and construct a fuel plan for a sample route
Describe the content and use of the operational flight plan, load sheet and mass-and-balance documentation, and identify when a re-dispatch or in-flight replanning decision is required
Your checkpoint
A complete flight-planning dossier for one sample sector: performance calculations, fuel plan, mass-and-balance check and a written justification of the limiting factor
Operational Procedures & Human Performance and Limitations
Explain the principles of crew resource management, threat and error management, and the role of briefing, monitoring and cross-check in preventing error
Describe the effects of hypoxia, hyperventilation, decompression, fatigue, circadian disruption and spatial disorientation, and state the countermeasures for each
Apply the standard emergency procedures for engine fire, rapid decompression, rejected take-off and ditching, and state the decision points
Explain the physiological effects of acceleration, noise, vibration and vision limitations relevant to night and IMC operations
Your checkpoint
A written threat-and-error analysis of one accident scenario (self-selected from public investigation reports) identifying at least six human-performance factors and the procedural defences that were missing
Principles of Flight & Communications
Explain lift generation, the four forces in steady flight, and the relationship between angle of attack, stall and load factor
Describe the stability axes, the effects of controls, and the causes and recovery of spiral dive, spin and Dutch roll
Explain the effect of Mach number, sweep and altitude on high-speed flight characteristics, including critical Mach and shock-stall onset
Use standard radiotelephony phraseology for departure, en-route, approach and emergency communications, and state the distress/urgency frequencies and prefixes
Your checkpoint
A one-page principles-of-flight formula and definition sheet plus a recorded (or written) radiotelephony script for a full departure-to-approach sequence, self-marked against standard phraseology
Air Law and Regulatory Framework & Aircraft General Knowledge & Flight Performance and Planning & Human Performance and Limitations & Meteorology & Navigation & Operational Procedures & Principles of Flight & Communications
Re-run the week-1 self-assessment checklist and confirm every item now scores 4 or above
Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record the score per domain
Re-study only the domains scoring below 75 percent, using the error log from weeks 1-7
Write and rehearse a one-page pre-exam summary of the ten facts you most often got wrong
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a per-domain breakdown, an error log of every missed question, and a signed statement that all Domain 1-9 checklist items score 4 or above
Milestones
Week 2: Air Law and Aircraft General Knowledge self-assessment checklist complete with every item scoring 3 or below matched to a named study source and a scheduled review date
Week 4: Closed-book 30-question test on Meteorology and Navigation scored at 70 percent or better, with every error rewritten as a corrected rule
Week 6: Flight-planning dossier and threat-and-error analysis both complete and reviewed; performance and fuel calculations independently re-checked with no arithmetic errors
Week 8: Both full-length mock exams scored at 75 percent or better overall and in every domain, with a documented error log and a completed final checklist