ATPL (A) Linear Aircraft Pilot License Training

If you have ever wondered how to become an airline pilot, the airline pilot license ATPL (A) is one of the last stages of training a professional pilot. Obtaining this license requires completion of an appropriate theoretical course, gaining practical experience and passing theoretical exams before the ULC Aviation Examination Board. After completing the course and passing the exams, the student obtains a status license ATPL (A) frozen. A full licence ('defrosted') is issued after obtaining appropriate experience as a professional pilot in air transport and meeting the requirements related to the relevant experience.

Who can start ATPL (A) training?

The offer of this training is primarily aimed at license holders PPL (A), who also have up-to-date aero-medical examinations (Adequate to the license).

To start training, the candidate must:

• be at least 17 years of age,
• have at least a secondary or equivalent education,
• have a valid medical certificate (adequate to the license, initially it may be Class II but in the future it will be necessary to obtain a Class I certificate),
• have an aircraft pilot's license PPL (A).

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How is ATPL (A) training?

Thanks to the regulations currently in force that regulate the mode of flight training, any person with a valid license PPL (A) has the right to participate in theoretical training for the airline pilot's line license ATPL (A).

The theoretical course covers approximately 650 hours of study, including lectures and self-study. The programme covers aircraft construction, flight rules, operating procedures, navigation, radio navigation, masses and balance, performance, meteorology, operating procedures and VFR/IFR communications, among others. Training can be carried out by the method distance learning, which translates into approximately 120 hours of lectures and 530 hours of self-study.

Completion of the theoretical course allows you to enter the practical part of the training for the professional license CPL (A) and obtain flight permits according to instrument indications GO (A). Only after obtaining all the rights, CPL (A), IR (A), MCC, almost always MEP (L), as well as passing the theoretical exam for the ATPL at the Office of Civil Aviation, gives a frozen linear license (ATPL (A) frozen).

It is this license that allows you to serve as the first officer in a multi-person crew. To obtain a full ATPL (A) licence, the pilot must fly at least 1500 hours, including the minimum 300 hours in IR (A) and 200 hours in a multi-person crew.