JCAA ATPL Theory case studies
JCAA ATPL Theory · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The JCAA ATPL Theory examination is the knowledge test that aspiring airline transport pilots in Japan must clear before the practical and licensing stages. It is aimed at candidates who already hold, or are completing, the commercial pilot training path and are preparing to fly as captain or first officer in commercial air transport. The written papers test the full breadth of ATPL knowledge: air law and ATC procedures, aircraft general knowledge, flight performance and planning, human performance, meteorology, navigation and instrumentation, operational procedures, principles of flight, communications, and Japanese aviation regulations with JCAB-specific procedures. Expect a computer-based, multiple-choice examination delivered in Japanese, with standard technical terms kept in English, sat at a designated JCAB venue in Japan. The JCAA ATPL Theory case studies are 5 cases and about 3,424 words.
1Aft Load Shift and Short-Runway Takeoff at a Hot, High Airport
An IFR charter is loaded at a 1,500 ft-elevation airport. Runway 22 is 2,400 m long, dry, with a 1% uphill slope and a 60 m stopway but no clearway.
721 words, about 4 min2Engine Fire After V1 on a Twin-Jet Departure
A twin-engine business jet, mass 19,800 kg, departs runway 16 from a Japanese airport. MTOW is 20,000 kg, MLW 18,000 kg, MZFW 16,500 kg.
654 words, about 3 min3Typhoon Squall Line and the Island Alternate
An IFR turboprop is at FL240 from Tokyo to Naha, ETA 0900Z. Fuel: trip 1,600 kg, alternate 500 kg, holding 400 kg, final reserve 300 kg; total 3,200 kg.
704 words, about 4 min4Accelerated Stall Margin in Airframe Icing
A light twin is cruising at 12,000 ft, mass 2,300 kg, in visible moisture at -5°C with anti-ice systems on. The AFM clean 1g stall speed is 84 kt at this mass.
661 words, about 3 min5Fatigue, Crosswind, and the Unstable Approach
A two-pilot crew is on the third sector of a 13-hour duty day after a 3-hour unplanned delay. The captain slept 4 hours in the previous 24 and has been hand-flying; the first officer is newly type-rated with 40 hours on type.
684 words, about 3 min