DGCA ATPL Air Regulations case studies
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The DGCA Air Regulations paper is one of the regulatory examinations a candidate must clear before the Airline Transport Pilot Licence is issued in India. It is administered by the Central Examination Organisation, which the DGCA website describes as conducting examinations for AME and flight crew, with scheduling and results published through the DGCA Examination Portal. The DGCA ATPL Air Regulations case studies are 5 cases and about 4,101 words.
1Sharjah Charter Programme: Article 5 Privilege, Cabotage and Indian Clearance
Skybridge Aviation is a non-scheduled operator registered in the UAE with a valid UAE AOC, one Boeing 737-800 (A6-registered, UAE certificate of airworthiness, UAE-licensed crew, UAE third-party insurance). An Indian tour operator has contracted this programme for next week: (1) Sharjah-Ahmedabad with 162 Indian workers; (2) Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, selling seats locally to Indian passengers, twice; (3) Mumbai-Colombo with 120 passengers.
816 words, about 4 min2Night Charter with an Expired Class 1 and Two Night Landings
R holds a CPL(A) with ME/IR and a Cessna 525 type rating: 780 hours total, 40 on type. Tonight he is rostered as sole pilot of a Citation CJ1 carrying six passengers on a night IFR charter from Pune to a hill airport.
755 words, about 4 min3Three Defects, One Certificate of Release: Radar, an Overdue AD and Pitot Heat
A Dornier 228 of a regional operator is at a line station with five sectors planned. The technical log shows: (i) weather radar inoperative, deferred 7 days ago under MEL item 34-41, category C (10 calendar days), the MEL being DGCA-approved and part of the operations manual; (ii) a DGCA-issued airworthiness directive requiring a flap actuator inspection every 300 flight hours, last done at 4,200 hours, aircraft now at 4,505 hours; (iii) No.
820 words, about 4 min4Five Sectors through the Window of Circadian Low: Roster, Rest and Commander's Discretion
BharatLink, a scheduled regional operator flying ATR 72-600s with two pilots, publishes this roster for tomorrow: report 21:30 local at Ahmedabad; sectors AMD-BOM, BOM-AMD, AMD-BOM, BOM-AMD, AMD-BOM; planned block time 9 h 10 min; planned end of duty 11:05 the next morning, giving a flight duty period of 13 h 35 min, of which 3 h 40 min falls between 02:00 and 06:00. The crew's previous duty ended at 10:30 today.
863 words, about 4 min5TCAS RA, a Fractured Wrist and a Wing Dent: Classifying and Reporting the Occurrence
An ATR 72-600 on a scheduled night flight is descending into a regional Indian airport in forecast turbulence when TCAS commands 'CLIMB'. The crew follows the RA; separation with the opposite traffic is later estimated at 300 ft vertically and 1.2 NM laterally.
847 words, about 4 min