• The Chicago Convention

• International and European Organizations

• Flight Crew Licensing

• Airworthiness and Marking of Aircraft

• Rules of the Air Revision

• Instrument Procedures

• Aeronautical Information Service

• Air Traffic Services and Airspace

• Aerodrome, Approach and Area Services

• ATC Radar and SSR

• Alert Service and Search and Rescue

• Security, Accident Investigation and Facilitation

• Aerodromes

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

This lesson teaches aircraft structure, gas turbine engines and the main systems on

modern transport category aircraft. It also provides an overview on the instrumentation found on transport category aircrafts, and their operating characteristics. It includes the following topics:

AIRFRAME AND SYSTEMS (JAR REF 021 01)                   34 HOURS

MASS AND BALANCE (JAR REF 031)        18 HOURS

This lesson teaches mass and balance theory, aircraft loading, use of charts, graphs, tables and formulas. This lesson includes the following topics:

PERFORMANCE (JAR REF 032)         26 HOURS

This module discusses the various regulatory performance requirements in different stages of flight. The following topics are covered in this lesson.

• Flight Planning Procedures

• Introduction to CAP 697

• CAP 697 MRJT

• Introduction to Jeppesen Airway Manual

• Jeppesen Airway Manual - En Route

• Jeppesen Airway Manual – High

• Jeppesen Airway Manual - ATC and AIREP

• Jeppesen Airway Manual – The Flightplan

• Jeppesen Airway Manual – Terminal

• Meteorological Messages

• Upper Air Charts

• Equal Time Points, Point of Safe Return and Radius of Action
• CAP 697 MRJT Non-Normal Ops

HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND LIMITATIONS (JAR REF 040)   20 HOURS

This module discusses human performance limitations under stress and harsh physiological conditions. In addition, procedures related to multi crew operations are discussed.

• Intro/ Physiology/ Health

• Human Information Processing

• Cognition Illusions

• Midcourse Exam / Debrief

• Stress / Sleep and Fatigue

• Psychology
• Flightdeck Design

Meteorology (JAR REF 050)       70 HOURS

This lesson covers basic weather studies, such as:

Knowledge and effects of fronts, frontal characteristics, cloud formations, icing, and upper-air data

Interpretation and use of weather charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, abbreviations, and symbols.

Windshear and microburst awareness, identification, and avoidance

The topics in this section are summarized below.

GENERAL NAVIGATION (JAR REF 061)      38 HOURS

This lesson teaches principles of air navigation under IMC conditions. It ensures that students have adequate knowledge of applicable navigation instruments. It includes the following topics:

OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES (JAR REF 070)      32 HOURS

This topic covers the various operational procedures, and provides an overview of the various types of operations in different geographical areas.

• Operators and Air Operators Certificate

• Flight Operations

• Operational Planning

• The Aeroplane

• Operating the Aeroplane

• Aerodrome Operating Minima

• Special Procedures and Hazards

• Transoceanic and Polar Flight

• OTS and PTS

• PTS

• Route Structure within or adjacent to NATS

• Flight Planning for NAT routes

• Oceanic Clearance

• Communications and Position Reporting

• MNPS Procedures

• Grid Navigation

• Navigation System failure procedures.

• NAT and EUR Supplements and Contingencies

• Laws and Definitions

• The Flight Environment

• Aircraft Components and Terminology

• Lift

• Drag

• Flying Controls

• Lift Augmentation

• Stalling

• Forces on an Aeroplane

• Stability

• Ground Effect

• Asymmetric Flight

• Transonic Flight

COMMUNICATIONS (JAR REF 090)    32 HOURS

This module covers the various elements of communication, gives an overview of the different frequency bands and describes the characteristics of both VFR and IFR communication procedures. Voice and Data communications systems are also discussed. Additional items included are:

• VHF Propagation and allocation of frequencies
• Categories of Message
• General Operating Procedures
• VFR Communications
• Radar Phraseology
• Communications Failure
• Distress and Urgency Procedures
• IFR Communications
• SATCOM/ACARS