CAA NZ Flight Instructor Theory - Instructor Air Law study plan

Map the Civil Aviation Act rule-making chain from primary statute through CAR Parts to advisory circulars, and state in writing where an acceptable means of compliance sits in that hierarchy

Locate and tabulate the CAR Part 1 definitions that govern instructor work: instructor rating, supervision, solo flight, competency, and authorised person

Trace how Parts 61, 91, 121 and 141 interlock for a training organisation, listing which Part governs licensing, which governs operating rules, and which governs the certificate holder's training system

Distinguish an instructor rating from an endorsement and from a type rating, and write one sentence per term explaining what each authorises

Answer 30 mixed recall questions on regulatory structure and log every wrong answer with the rule reference that corrects it

Draft the full sequence of steps an instructor must complete before authorising a student's first solo, from competence assessment through documentation

List every record an instructor must keep for each student and state the retention period and who may inspect each record

Compare the requirements for student, private, commercial and instructor licences in a side-by-side table covering prerequisites, experience, examinations and medical standard

Explain recency and type rating rules for each licence level, and identify which recency obligations fall on the instructor to verify before flight

Write three short scenarios where an instructor's authority to authorise solo flight is limited or withdrawn, and cite the governing provision for each

Compile the logbook endorsement and certification requirements an instructor signs, and practise writing each endorsement exactly as prescribed

State the medical standards and validity periods that apply to each licence and privilege level, including any age-related variation

Work through pre-flight action requirements and produce a checklist covering documents, equipment, performance and meteorological review

Calculate fuel and oil requirements for three VFR and two IFR sample flights using the prescribed reserves, showing all working

Apply minimum safe altitude rules to six terrain and congestion scenarios and justify each answer against the rule wording

Build a table of VFR and IFR meteorological minima for each airspace class and state the transition rules when conditions deteriorate in flight

Describe flight plan and ATS communication requirements for VFR and IFR flights, including when a plan is mandatory and when reporting is required

Explain clearance requirements, readback obligations and special VFR conditions, and identify who may request special VFR and when it cannot be issued

Diagram standard aerodrome traffic circuit procedures including joining, departure and radio calls, and note the variations at unattended aerodromes

State transponder and radio carriage requirements by airspace class and by operation type, and list the mandatory broadcast zones in the candidate's region with the required calls

Verify airworthiness documentation for a training aircraft: certificate of airworthiness validity, maintenance programme approval and release-to-service records

Explain defect reporting and deferral rules, and write the correct entry an instructor makes when a defect is found before a training flight

Define the equipment requirements for VFR and IFR training flights and identify which items are instructor-verifiable at pre-flight

Perform three mass and balance calculations including one with a forward centre of gravity limit issue, and state the action the instructor takes

Answer 30 scenario questions combining airspace and airworthiness content, logging each error against the relevant Part

Distinguish accident from incident using the statutory definitions and classify twelve short occurrence descriptions correctly

State the notification duties and timeframes for both the accident investigation body and the civil aviation authority, and identify who bears the duty in a training organisation

Explain privileged information protections and describe what an instructor may and may not disclose after an occurrence

Summarise enforcement provisions and penalty ranges, and describe the escalation path from notice to licence action

Outline dangerous goods carriage rules applicable to training flights, including passenger-carried restricted articles, and state the security screening and restricted article rules a student must know

List noise and environmental operating restrictions that affect training operations, including any aerodrome-specific curfews and track requirements

State the alcohol and drug limits that apply to flight crew and instructors, including the timeframe before duty and the consequences of a breach

Describe fitness-to-fly obligations, fatigue risk management principles and the instructor's duty to remove an unfit student from a flight

Draft a short duty-of-care briefing an instructor gives a student covering welfare, supervisory accountability and reporting channels

Identify the instructor's supervisory accountability when a student acts unsafely outside a lesson

Re-test every domain with timed question sets and record a score per domain to identify residual weak areas

Re-study only the two lowest-scoring domains and rewrite the summary notes for those domains from memory

Rehearse rule-number recall for the twenty provisions most likely to be tested in scenario form

Complete two full-length timed mock examinations under exam conditions and review every error to root cause

Confirm administrative readiness: identification, exam booking, permitted materials and calculator rules