Minimum requirements and/or preferences

• hold at least an ICAO recognized PPL(A)
• ideally in possession of an EASA Class 1 medical certificate
• preferably at least 17 years old
• high school completed
• sufficient knowledge of English as well as mathematics and physics

Course structure and build-up

After passing your first exams of module 1, you continue with module 2 through self-study. You then participate in the last classroom exam training in Arnhem and take the remaining exams.

Self study

The big advantage of our 'distance learning' ATPL(A) training is that you can organize your pace and study time yourself. The home study work program is structured schematically in weeks and daily tasks, whereby with approximately fifteen study hours per week, a turnaround time of about six months is easily feasible for both modules, excluding exams.

An average student completes the ATPL(A) theory course in approximately four to six months. Module 1 takes about fourteen weeks, module 2 about ten weeks. Of course you can determine your study load. The lead time depends on your own time effort.

In the self-study, you are guided through all courses and subjects via a simple work program per module. Study progress is checked by means of compulsory 'progress' tests. The 'progress' tests are administered in a varying number of chapters and can be made at home on the computer. Then you can send the test online to Orbit Groundschool for checking with one push of a button.

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