ATPL Law
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ATPL Law (AALW)
AALW 1.5 hour exam, 80% pass mark.
ATPL Air Law 1
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 1 to 2.3.2
Do 20 of approx 65+ questions
ATPL Air Law 2
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.4 to 2.4.2 (d)(ii)
Do 25 of approx 35+ questions
ATPL Air Law 3
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.5 to 2.5.4 (g)
Do 25 of approx 45+ questions
ATPL Air Law 4
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.6.1 to 2.7.6 (b)
Do 25 of approx 40 questions
ATPL Air Law 5
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.7.6 (c) to 2.8.3 (a) (vi)
Do 20 of approx 30+ questions
ATPL Air Law 6
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.8.4 to 2.8.5 (a) (iv)
Do 20 of approx 30+ questions
ATPL Air Law 7
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.8.5 (b) (i) to 2.8.7
Do 20 of approx 55+ questions
ATPL Air Law 8
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.8.7 to 2.14 (p)
Do 20 of approx 30+ questions
ATPL Air Law 9
ATPL Air Law Practice Exam Questions
Unit 1.5.14 Items 2.14 (p) onwards
Do 20 of approx 30+ questions
ATPL Law Heli
Questions for all ATPL pilots, as it’s a common exam. Covers the one helicopter syllabus point only. Do 20 of 35+ questions
ATPL Law AeroP
Questions for all ATPL pilots, as its a common exam. Covers the one aeroplane syllabus points only. Do 20 of 40 questions.
Fatigue Rules FDP 2019
Do 15 of 45+ questions on FDP and CAO 48 – 2019
ASPEQ now advises that the 2019 CAO 48.1 is the only current version for all CASA exams.
In law exams or law parts of exams it is extremely unlikely that you will be given any law references.
We sometimes include them in the questions to help candidates towards the beginning of their study find things.
A huge part of law is you knowing how to find things quickly. Read and check the legislation and DO NOT rely on memory for answers.
PPE’s Ultimate Law Guide PDF, will become the ultimate study buddy, for locating the laws and ticking off when you know them.
For ATPL Law Only – Anthony’s Guide
Please note these need updating since Dec 2021 – We will get to them soon.
Read this carefully before every exam and check for the latest permitted matrials on this first link:
Check CASA Website For Latest Permitted Materials
RPL and PPL Permitted Materials
IREX & Ratings Permitted Materials
Download Our Speedy Summary Of Permitted Materials
You are welcome to self print and bind these, but, YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY for making sure they comply, before trying to enter an exam room with them.
When using extracts, they are a starting point. If you find yourself using other snippets, ad them to your extract. Work out a highlighting colour code system.
Please note these need updating since Dec 2021 – We will get to them soon.
Please do NOT share these below.
PPE’s CAR 1988 Volume 1 Extract
PPE’s CAR 1988 Volume 3 Extract
PPE’s CAR 1988 Volume 4 Extract
CAO 48.1 2019 (all other versions no longer in force)
CPL Law expect 3-4 FDP questions.
AC 91-15v1.1 Guidelines for aircraft fuel requirements
To Categorise flight operations you have to dig through the CASR dictionary / definitions and the following pages. To my knowledge there is no one location that clearly sums them all up in the detail you are after for each.
https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/rules/part-91-casr-general-operating-and-flight-rules
Part 91 applies to all aviation operations except drones.
There are additional rules for pilots operating under an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) or other certificate, or those conducting defined activities such as aerial work, aerial application and some recreational aviation activities. These rules are in other CASR Parts and may add to or turn off some Part 91 requirements – either completely or partially.
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https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/rules/part-121-casr-australian-air-transport-operations-larger-aeroplanes
Part 121 generally applies to air transport operations in aeroplanes with a seating capacity of more than 9 seats, or a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of more than 8,618 kg.
Subpart 121.Z applies to air transport operations in single-engine aeroplanes with a seating capacity of more than 9 seats and a MTOW of 8,618 kg or less.
All operators and pilots also need to comply with Part 91 – General operating and flight rules, noting that Part 121 may add to or turn off some Part 91 requirements – either completely or partially.
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Part 135 of CASR applies to air transport operations in aeroplanes with a maximum seating capacity of nine and a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 8,618 kg or less.
Subpart 121.Z applies if you are operating single-engine aeroplanes with a seating capacity of more than 9 seats. However, you must comply with the majority of Part 135.
Some operators may be able to operate an aeroplane with up to 13 seats if they are already conducting these operations and meet the requirements.
All operators and pilots also need to comply with Part 91 of CASR General operating and flight rules, noting that Part 135 may add to or turn off some Part 91 requirements – either completely or partially.
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Part 133 applies to air transport operations in helicopters, gyroplanes or powered lift aircraft.
All operators and pilots also need to comply with Part 91 of CASR General operating and flight rules, noting that Part 133 may add to or turn off some Part 91 requirements – either completely or partially.
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https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/rules/part-138-casr-aerial-work-operations
All operators and pilots also need to comply with Part 91 of CASR General operating and flight rules, noting that Part 138 may add to or turn off some Part 91 requirements – either completely or partially.
Aeroplane operators may choose whether to conduct dispensing operations under Part 138 or Part 137 of CASR Aerial application operations. Requirements for the dropping or releasing of any substance overlap for Part 138 and Part 137. Note: Part 137 only applies to aeroplanes.
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Please note these have now been updated since Dec 2021
Warning: over highlighting may make your AIP unusable. However, we do suggest highlighting the sections you use to study.***
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This is a one page PDF to get you all the basics in one place.
Calculation of ETP and Asymmetric ETP are for CPL upwards only.
Note only very basic ETP would be in CNAV. Any hard ETP or PNR will be in CFPA exams only. At one stage CASA slipped a few into CNAV, but we believe that error has been rectified.
The syllabus areas have been well handled, as evident by its pass rate, especially when the AALW demands a pass score that is 10% higher than for other exams. However, candidates should not be lulled by the fact of AALW being an ‘open book’ exam, as comprehensive studies are necessary prior to sitting the exam. The following areas are noted as requiring careful preparation:
- Flight and Duty times
- Maintenance defects, defect reporting and maintenance releases
- Recency requirements
- Documentation
- Flight instruments/Radio and aircraft equipment requirements
- Regulations pertaining to permissible unserviceabilities
Top tips as promised for studying ATPL Law, but also applies to CPL Law. I got mid to high nineties for both exams using this strategy. Hope it helps.
– Review the permitted materials for the exam (https://www.casa.gov.au/stand
– It’s no secret what can be asked in the exams, it’s all detailed in the CASA Manual of Standards (https://www.casa.gov.au/stand
– Obtain an AIP & ERSA, and then print your own CAR 1988, CASR Part 61 and CAO legislation rather than buying it – you will save literally hundreds of dollars. Even buying an inexpensive printer will pay for itself many times over (https://www.casa.gov.au/rules
– I hadn’t done IREX before ATPL Law. If you haven’t done it, read and familiarize yourself with AIP ENR 1.5 as well as some of the instrument stuff in AIP GEN and IFR requirements in Part 61. Again, all indicated in the MOS.
– Once you have the legislation, start running questions. Use PPE and BT or AFT. Just run lots of questions, over and over to get proficient with different styles of questioning as well as most importantly the legislation.
– This is key: as you run the questions, highlight both the content covered as well as the section in the index/contents pages if applicable to that document. I can’t emphasise enough how important this is. I genuinely believe CASA want you to become proficient at knowing where in the legislation you can find relevant rules, it might also pop up on your CPL skills test. This gets you that skill.
– As you run the questions, you will start to memorise some of the content (which is good), but keep religiously referring to the legislation. You will easily be tripped up by words if you don’t. You need to get quick at finding ‘where’ the information is rather than just knowing ‘what’ the content is (again I believe this is a key skill CASA wants you to have).
– To supercharge your performance you can split the CAR 1988 into two folders, the first with the highlighted contents pages and anything you think is relevant to flight crew (highlighted or otherwise applicable from the MOS – or just your own opinion), and the second folder for the leftovers (in case you happen to need it).
– As you get nearer the exam, keep running the questions, but to save time you can just write down where you think you’ll find it (e.g. CAOs, AIP ENR, CARs etc).
– As you do the questions, write down or keep a record of the ones you are getting wrong. In the final days before the exam you need to zero in on these items (this is straight from Matt’s/PPE/studying playbook )
– Once you have rinse/repeated all the questions, you will have a good handle on knowing where to go in the legislation at speed. By running different question banks you will be adaptive to wording of questions.
CASA Nominated Reference Material:
CASR, CAR, CAO, AIP complete, CAAPs*
Flight Rules and Air Law for the Air Transport Pilot
by Aviation Theory Centre
ATPL Law All Categories Common Syllabus – Aero and Heli
ATPL Law Aeroplane Syllabus (tiny)
ATPL Law Helicopter Syllabus (tiny)
CASA Permitted Material (check CASA website for latest):
What Is Examined?
1.1 The Air Law examination tests Unit 1.5.14 and 1.5.15 of Schedule 3 of the
MOS, but may include items from earlier Units, which are common to both
the Helicopter and Aeroplane. In particular the following items:
• Item 2.2 Aircraft Nationality and Registration.
• Item 2.3 Airworthiness of Aircraft.
• Item 2.4 Personnel Licensing.
• Item 2.5 Rules of the Air.
• Item 2.6 Procedures for Air Navigation.
• Item 2.7 Air Traffic Services.
• Item 2.8 Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Services
• Item 2.9 Aeronautical Information Service
• Item 2.10 Aerodromes.
• Item 2.11 Facilitation.
• Item 2.12 Search and Rescue.
• Item 2.13 Security.
• Item 2.14 Aircraft Accidents and Incidents.
• Item 2.15 Air Service Operations.
1.2 Generally questions are based on multi-crew, turbine powered, high altitude,
high speed aircraft, with emphasis being placed on the knowledge required of
the pilot in command.
1.2.1 These questions will mainly test rules and procedures pertaining to IFR Charter
and RPT flights, both domestic and international. However, candidates are
expected to possess a very sound foundation of Private and VFR operations.
1.2.2 The examination is organised along an ‘open-book’ format, but candidates will
be required in some questions to exercise a high level of competency in
‘factual recall’ on the basic rules and procedures in order to answer the questions
within the time permitted.