ATPL Course Introduction
What’s in the box? Module 1 of the course includes the manuals for the first eight subjects, these are in three big folders, DVDs from which you can load the ATPdigital computer program, a Jeppesen Route Manual containing charts and plates that you will be referred to from time to time, and some UK CAA publications. For ATPL (A) courses these are CAP696 and CAP 697. For ATPL(H)/IR courses it is CAP 758.
What Else Will I Need? You will need a calculator, a mechanical navigation computer and some drawing tools, a protractor and a ruler. These can be used in all the exams. EASA say the
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calculator must not be programmable and not have an alphanumeric keyboard, by which they mean it must not have either a QWERTY or mobile phone type keypad, just numbers and functions. Any mechanical navigation computer will be acceptable provided it gives wind solutions for airspeeds over 300KT. We tend to recommend the Airtour or Pooleys CRP-5 computer.
Training Material The course is an integrated learning system that uses resources on the computer, the internet and in hard copy. A central part of the course is the ATPdigital computer program. The program presents the study
tasks and progress tests to you in a sequence of lessons, your progress through the lessons is recorded and sent through to us. The ATPdigital program also allows you to revise the text and progress tests on the computer, to practise exam questions and provides links to a support forum and to our main website. Throughout your study you will also have access to the training material in hard copy because, no matter how sophisticated the computer program, it is always easier to read from a book than from a computer screen.