ATPL Air Law (010) case studies
ATPL Air Law (010) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Air Law (010) is one of the fourteen theoretical knowledge subjects a candidate must pass before taking the EASA ATPL(A) skill test, and it is usually sat early because almost every other subject assumes its vocabulary. The syllabus is legal rather than technical: it covers the Chicago Convention and ICAO annexes, aircraft nationality and registration, personnel licensing, rules of the air including interception, air traffic services and airspace classification, aeronautical information, accident investigation, facilitation, security, EU/EASA regulation and carrier liability. The ATPL Air Law (010) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,975 words.
1Seats sold one by one: scheduled service or non-scheduled charter?
Skyline Regional, a company established in State B (a contracting state to the Chicago Convention), holds an AOC issued by State B and operates a 19-seat turboprop. Since March it has flown between one city in State A and one city in State C three times each weekday, returning the same day, with flight numbers published in the OAG and the timetable filed with both authorities.
1,040 words, about 5 min2Expired medical and 120 days since a night landing
Captain M holds a Part-FCL CPL(A) with an instrument rating and a valid MEP(land) class rating, and flies a single-pilot King Air 200 for an AOC holder in an EU member state. Her Class 1 medical certificate expired on 30 April.
978 words, about 5 min3Interception after an unnoticed prohibited area
On a clear summer morning a private pilot in a Cessna 182 flies VFR from State A to State B under a filed flight plan, cruising at 4,500 ft AMSL over mountainous terrain. Forty miles before destination the GPS fails; he continues by dead reckoning and drifts about 12 nm off track.
1,002 words, about 5 min4Transmitter failure on a night ILS into Class D
A twin-jet business aircraft is inbound IFR at night to an aerodrome in Class D airspace. The last ATC transmission received is: 'X-ray Bravo, turn right heading 240, maintain 3,000 ft until established on the localizer, cleared ILS runway 27 approach, squawk 6043.' The crew read back, and from that point can hear ATC perfectly but cannot transmit on either VHF set; a relay attempt through the company frequency fails.
971 words, about 5 min5Runway excursion abroad: accident classification, participation and the CVR
An Embraer 190 registered in State R (non-EU) is operated by an EU AOC holder on a scheduled flight from an EU state to State O. On landing at State O's international airport at night in heavy rain the aircraft fails to stop, runs off the end of the runway and the nose landing gear collapses; the aircraft is substantially damaged.
984 words, about 5 min