Pilot's Manual: Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program Overview:

Becoming an airline pilot demands a well-rounded candidate-someone skilled in the operation and handling of aircraft who is of the utmost professional and moral character. This book covers the technical areas while highlighting what it means to be an aviation professional.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) outlines the content required by the Airline Transport Pilot – Certification Training Program (ATP-CTP). The ATP-CTP ground school must be completed prior to taking the FAA ATP knowledge exam needed to earn an ATP certificate. This book covers all the topics required and provides practical advice on topics pertinent to a newly-hired airline pilot, including: aerodynamics with a focus on high altitude operations, stall prevention and recovery, and general upset recovery techniques for transport category aircraft; applicable weather considerations with emphasis on abnormal weather conditions, icing, and severe weather avoidance; general operating principles when working for an airline; and physiological factors, checklist procedures, equipment failures, turbine engines, transport category performance, and automation. Concluding chapters are dedicated to leadership and professionalism, crew resource management, safety culture, and regulations, including sleep and duty regulations as well as operating rules that differ from general aviation regulations.

This book can be used in academic advanced jet transition training courses to help students prepare for their transition to the airlines. Review questions conclude each chapter.

• Current - Airline Transport Pilot covers all the required aeronautical knowldege outlined in Advisory Circular 61-138, ATP Certification Training Program (CTP).
• Colorful - Full-color, dynamic illustrations and photographs so readers can visualize the advanced topics and complex systems they will encounter when operating larger, faster, and heavier aircraft.
• Simple - Logical organization and colorful presentation work as both a self-study and classroom text.
• Thorough - This book prepares an airline pilot candidate in all areas relating to their desired occupation.
• Timeless - Readers will refer to the book time and time again to refresh on training topics such as high-altitude operations, operational specifications (OpSpecs) and crew resource management.
• Effective - Margin notes highlight the important facts for each page and diagrams support the textual descriptions for each maneuver.
• Workbook - Chapters conclude with review questions so readers can ensure they’ve acquired the necessary knowledge.
• FAR/ICAO - Works in both U.S. and International training environments: satisfies FAA aeronautical knowledge requirements outlined in AC-61-138.
• Trusted - Written by a remarkable team consisting of Associate and Assistant Professors from the school of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota.
• Well Constructed - Hardcover, 8-1/2" x 11” format, full-color illustrations throughout, 200 pages.

200 pages
Published March 2019
by Mark Dusenbury and Shayne Daku