india DGCA ATPL exam

[SuperflyTNT]

Any idea when the results might be out ?

[bayblade]

@superflytnt
thanks very helpful indeed. do jot down anymore questions that you might recollect.
when are the orals? soon after the results?

[PEC]

Any idea when the results might be out ?

The Oral list should be up by the First-Second Week of Jan'12 - at best.

[Uniform.]

thanks SuperflyTNT

I gave the radio and instru this time and preparing Met and Nav for next attempt.
Radio and Instru was really an average paper, few questions were "copy-paste" from Oxford and GSP.
Questions on DME ( asking radar type and operation freq band), 2-3 more questions on radar
1 que was on calculation of the true altitude ( indicated altitude and isa dev was given)
accuracy of doppler derived position (+ - 1% of dist flown and +- 1deg of drift), 2more questions on doppler
basic gpws alert type (aural, visual or both)
On RA alert when the intruder is not more a threat what are the alerts a pilot get?? the red square is converted to green, it disappears or there was some aural alert give, dont remember

[bayblade]

the syllabus for atpl says 5 subjects i.e g.nav, radio aids & flight instruments, met, regulations and aircrafts and engines.
have the last two subjects been included for the jan/feb attempt?

[bayblade]

so many of you guys appreared for the ATPL exam yet no one cares to clarify on the no. of subjects!

[Uniform.]

@bayblade
for ATPL(G) there are 3 subjects
1. Radio aids and Instruments
2. Meteorology
3. General Navigation

[VSGJ]

if we dont appear in atpl oral , does that attempt counts???

[planeboy_777]

yes that attemp is counted .....

[Cactus225]

Hello all,

Went through the entire thread and it just confused me further. Kindly help.

DGCA car specifies 7 subjects for Atpl exams. Tech specific and tech performance included. Is it for real?


Also, which books are you all using for air nav, radio aids and instruments?

Is GSP still considered useful for these subjects for the atpls?

Thanks.

Just help me with the list of subjects again as I find myself utterly confused due to varied opinions here.

Cactus.

[Jet Blast 007]

Hey,
All i wanted to know is how many atpl exams do we have 2 give??
Heard that we hav 2 give only Nav, Radio Aids nd met..
Y nt Air regulations..??
I hav my indian cpl with multi and sittin at home.. So thought y nt make use of the time..

Thanks..

[CaptGalaxy]

@cactus and jet blast

Folks, there are only three papers if u have an indian cpl.
The regs paper is only for those converting their license (ATPLCG)
the tech papers are only once you complete ur flying (mandatory 1500 odd hours)
The three papers consist of 4 subjects
Nav, radio and instruments, met.
No Orals for Met as far a what I've read in this forum.
All these have been discussed if you go through the entire thread.

Cheers
P

[ITAviator]

Study Material

Hello All,

Having gone through the complete thread, I have not got the answer to one basic question.
What is the source of study for all 3 DGCA ATPL papers?
I am going through Oxford books and mostly the question papers in the end.
GSP is good but its kinda late to read them for the coming up Feb attempt i guess.
Anything else? Keith Williams? Are these only question banks? for all subjects in one book or i would have to get 4 books for Met, Nav, Radio and Instruments?
Should these be enough?
If anyone wants to suggest any other book, it would be appreciated if mentioned the source for the same

[Uniform.]

ATPL Navigation

Hello everyone,
It would be great if people who have appeared for Nav ATPL paper could shed some light on types of question asked in NAV ATPL paper,
mainly under the Mass and Balance section, type of numerical asked on M&B, calculation of CG
Also performance based questions.
Not exactly but just a rough idea

[STABLE extrovert]

@Uniform

I appeared for the December 2011 Nav Atpl Exam. The exam was pretty simple. 90 questions of one mark each was the pattern.

The navigation questions were simple and numericals were mainly on CP/PNR, relative velocity, covergency, departure, compass errors, scale, 1 in 60 rule, etc.

With regards to performance, there were no questions on CG calculation or graph based question. A lot of questions on definitions of BOM, Traffic Load, ZFM, MLW, basic V speeds definitions. Basic numerical on Payload were also asked.

I don’t recall any questions on TODA, TODR, ASDA etc.

Get hold of any good JAR question bank and you should be fine.

I cannot give you a trend of the ATPL exam as it was my first attempt. May be some other topics could be given more emphasis by DGCA in the next attempt.

Keep well.

[Uniform.]

STABLE extrovert

Hey thanks a lot buddy appreciate that
I'll be appearing for the first time.

As you said "definitions of BOM, Traffic Load, ZFM, MLW, basic V speeds" so i can take it as NO calculation on the same as such..! am i right? because exactly those topic numerical are bothering me

[STABLE extrovert]

@Uniform

I remember this question from the exam:

Given:
Dry operating mass (DOM) = 33510 kg
Load = 7600 kg
Final reserve fuel = 983 kg
Alternate fuel = 1100 kg
Contingency fuel = 102 kg

The estimated landing mass at alternate should be:42195 kg

This one is simple. None of the detailed numericals on the above topics were asked.

[manoj john]

I have a doubt, what is the accuracy associated with dme?, now some book says its +/-.2nm, some says it is 1.25% of range, some says 3% of range or .5nm, whichever is greater....i would like to get a answer wrt to dgca syllabus...thanks

[Uniform.]

STABLE extrovert

could you please let me know if there is any book or refrence material with such questions ? for practice. GSP doesnt have this topic, Oxford M&B level is way to high, i mean that much is really not required for dgca.

I have Buti Nav question bank but it hardly has 10-15 numerical on this topic.

[keith williams]

I have a doubt, what is the accuracy associated with dme?, now some book says its +/-.2nm, some says it is 1.25% of range, some says 3% of range or .5nm, whichever is greater....i would like to get a answer wrt to dgca syllabus...thanks

The JAA/EASA question bank answers for this type of question are based on the ICAO DME accuracy requirement of 0.25 nm plus 1.25% of range.

The DGCA use the JAA/EASA questions, so it is reasonable to assume that they are using the same accuracy requirement.