ATPL Air Law & Operational Procedures case studies
ATPL Air Law & Operational Procedures · Put your knowledge to work in context.
ATPL Air Law & Operational Procedures is one of the theoretical knowledge subjects in the airline transport pilot licence syllabus, and many courses schedule it early because the other subjects assume it. It is written for candidates working toward an ATPL(A) or ATPL(H), for commercial pilots returning to study, and for operations and dispatch staff who need the regulatory side in depth. The ATPL Air Law & Operational Procedures case studies are 5 cases and about 5,022 words.
1Peak-season wet lease of a third-country-registered aircraft
You are the nominated postholder for flight operations at an EU air carrier holding an AOC issued by a Member State. To cover a summer schedule you sign a four-month wet lease - aircraft, crew and maintenance - for a Boeing 737-800 registered in a State outside the EU and operated by a carrier licensed there.
1,109 words, about 6 min2Commander's discretion at the end of a delayed three-sector day
You are the commander of a two-pilot A320 flight scheduled to report at 05:40 local for three sectors within Europe. Your operator's approved scheme gives a maximum daily FDP of 12 hours for a report time in that window, and you planned 11 hours 30 minutes.
988 words, about 5 min3Radio failure, intercept and a prohibited area
You are the commander of a business jet on an IFR flight at FL280 through controlled airspace near a coastal prohibited area. Ten minutes after the last position report your radio fails: the headsets go dead on both control units and no amount of switching restores contact.
931 words, about 5 min4Holdover time expired in freezing fog and light snow
You are the commander of a turboprop departing a northern European airport at night. The temperature is -2 degrees C with freezing fog and light snow, wind 040/4 kt.
958 words, about 5 min5Runway excursion with gear collapse: accident, evidence and release
At 21:47 local a Boeing 737-800 with 6 crew and 160 passengers lands at a European airport in rain and a 15-knot crosswind. The aircraft runs off the end of the runway into soft ground; the nose gear collapses and the right engine contacts the ground, with damage to both cowlings and the forward fuselage.
1,036 words, about 5 min