NBAA CAM study plan

Map the CAM leadership domain blueprint into a one-page outline covering human resources, personnel management, and team leadership subareas.

Define and contrast leadership styles (transformational, transactional, servant, situational) and write a 150-word summary of when each fits a flight department.

Draft a hiring-to-retirement personnel lifecycle checklist: recruitment, selection, onboarding, training records, performance reviews, and separation.

List five common HR compliance pitfalls in aviation departments (documentation, duty limits, harassment policy, drug testing, termination) and note the mitigation for each.

Build a conflict-resolution and team-dynamics scenario set: write three workplace conflict cases and the response steps a CAM should take.

Explain how a CAM applies motivation theory (Maslow, Herzberg, expectancy) to crew scheduling and retention, in 200 words.

Create a sample performance improvement plan template with measurable goals and review timelines.

Summarize change-management steps for introducing a new operational policy across a flight department.

Diagram the operational control chain for a Part 91 corporate flight department versus a Part 135 operation, labeling decision authority at each node.

Write a sample trip workflow from request intake through scheduling, crew assignment, dispatch release, and post-flight closeout.

Compare flight time and duty time limitations and rest requirements for Part 91 versus Part 135 crews in a side-by-side table.

Draft a dispatch release checklist including weather, NOTAMs, fuel, alternates, and crew qualification verification.

Build a scheduling scenario exercise: create three trips with weather delays, crew rest conflicts, and aircraft unavailability, and write the resolution for each.

Define the four pillars of an SMS (policy, risk management, assurance, promotion) and map each to a concrete flight department artifact.

Conduct a sample risk assessment using a 5x5 probability-severity matrix on a real route or mission type.

Identify the IS-BAO program structure, stages, and audit cycle, and note what evidence a CAM would assemble for a Stage 1 audit.

Draft an emergency response plan outline covering command structure, notification trees, family assistance, media handling, and post-incident review.

Explain human factors concepts (SHELL, threat and error management, fatigue, complacency) and apply each to a written incident scenario.

Create a safety reporting and investigation workflow from occurrence report through root-cause analysis to corrective action tracking.

Write five safety performance indicators with target thresholds and data sources for a corporate flight department.

Summarize the maintenance program approval process, inspection intervals, and airworthiness directive compliance tracking for a corporate operator.

Explain minimum equipment list and configuration deviation list use, and write three deferral decision examples with documentation requirements.

Compare Part 91 and Part 135 maintenance and recordkeeping obligations in a table, including required inspections and logbook entries.

Outline international operations considerations: overflight and landing permits, customs, visas, and ICAO differences, with a pre-trip compliance checklist.

Build a regulatory cross-reference sheet linking key Part 91 and Part 135 sections to operational duties a CAM oversees.

Draft a department operating budget covering fixed and variable costs, including crew, fuel, maintenance reserves, hangar, and insurance.

Explain aircraft ownership and transaction structures (sole ownership, LLC, fractional, charter) and note tax and liability implications of each.

Summarize insurance coverage types (hull, liability, non-owned, workers compensation) and the questions a CAM should ask the broker.

Build a weighted practice exam of 60 questions across all six domains using the published percentage weights.

Score the practice exam, log every missed item by domain, and write the corrected concept for each miss.

Review personal weak areas from weeks 1 through 7 notes and rewrite one-page summaries for the three weakest domains.

Complete a timed final review session covering regulatory numbers, limitations, and safety program definitions.