ATPL integrated

You’ll start your training with an online E-learning phase. In it, you’ll learn the theoretical knowledge necessary for SEP (Single Engine Piston) aircraft piloting, and lay the basis for your further theoretical learning.

After successfully completing the E-learning phase, you’ll move on to classroom learning together with other trainees, where instructors will help you firm up your knowledge.

This block consists of flight instruction on the DV20i. First you’ll get your general radio certification, which you’ll put to practical use starting with your first flight hours. In this block we teach the content required for a private pilot license on a single-engine piston (SEP) aircraft under visual flight rules (VFR). This includes basic training, Alpine instruction, your first solo flight hours and navigation flights. Progress checks during this phase ensure that your skills develop to our high standards.

In this block you’ll add to your knowledge and learn the theory that a commercial pilot needs to know. ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot License) Theory covers the following subjects:

• Air Law,
• General Aircraft Knowledge (Airframes, Systems, Powerplant, Instrumentation),
• Mass and Balance,
• Performance,
• Flight Planning,
• Human Performance and Limitations,
• Meteorology,
• General Navigation,
• Radio Navigation,
• Operational Procedures,
• Principles of Flight, and
• VFR and IFR Communication.

During this block the instruction will again be with the online Training System you are already familiar with. This lets you build up your theoretical knowledge parallel to your practical training, to make very efficient use of time. Each subject is concluded with an online test. This is required for continuation to the classroom phase in Wr. Neustadt (LOAN). When you have completed the classroom instruction for all ATPL subjects, you’re ready for the official theoretical ATPL examination.

This part of the training focuses on getting the requisite flying time under your belt. You’ll fly alone and gain experience flying to commercial airports, small aerodromes and other countries. We’ll supervise you from flight planning to debriefing on the ground with a flight instructor. Introduction to night flying is another important part of this block.

In this block we get into IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) and MEP (Multi Engine Piston) flight training. Your first instrument flight will be on the FNPT II simulator, before you move on to a single-engine plane (DA40) and then continue on the twin-engine DA42.

A large part of the instrument flight instruction will take place on the FNPT II flight simulator in Wr. Neustadt. Here you can train all procedures risk-free, including coping with instrument failures, system and engine malfunctions, and other emergency situations. A skill test concludes the practical training. Now you have successfully completed your professional pilot training and have also learned the theory needed for an airline pilot license.

 

UPRT - Upset Prevention & Recovery Training is specialty training conducted in aircraft meant to prepare pilots for “loss of control in flight”.

The aim is to provide the flight crew with the necessary skills to prevent and recover flight conditions outside of normal scheduled operations or training. Since 20.12.2019, Upset Prevention Recovery Training is mandatory for commercial pilots (transition period until 2021).

Why do commercial pilots need UPRT?

When you find yourself in a critical situation, the plane unexpectedly starts to spin, you experience wake turbulences and find yourself in a overbanked situation or even inverted flight; there is no time for the textbook! You need to execute recovery procedures quickly. This is exactly what we practice in our UPRT training.

According to the EU Commission, Upset Prevention Recovery Training "on aircraft" is an appropriate strategy to avoid undesirable flight conditions or loss of control of aircraft (which are among the major risk factors and can lead to fatal accidents in commercial air transport). "Training to prevent and terminate undesirable flight conditions must be integrated into various phases of the career of commercial pilots," writes the EU Commission.

 

 

 

The final training phase prepares you for flying in a two-man cockpit. The Airline Pilot Standard Multi Crew Coordination Course (APS MCC) teaches you how to work safely and efficiently as a crew, how to divide tasks and how to communicate properly with each other.

We conduct our APS MCC on our own Airbus A320 simulator. Instead of the minimum requirement of 15 hours of standard MCC practice, we offer you 40 hours of multi-pilot airline experience! Ultimately, this training segment will make your transition to the airline much easier, as you will also learn the operational procedures and flight behavior of a passenger jet during the APS MCC.

The inclusion of the Airbus A320 simulator in the ATPL integrated training gives our graduates an invaluable advantage in the selection procedures of various airlines. With your APS MCC certificate from the Aviation Academy Austria, you have the best starting conditions for applying to an airline.