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FAA ATP/ADX Exam Prep
Ten subject modules built around what the FAA examines. Each lesson carries the explanation, the worked calculations, the traps that catch people, and the official references so you can check everything yourself.
10 modules · 11 lessons published · 22 scheduled
What every lesson contains
- Written lesson
- The concept explained properly, not summarised into bullet points.
- Lesson video
- The same material on video from The Flight Dispatch Room.
- Key exam concepts
- What the examination actually tests, stated plainly.
- Important formulas
- With units, conditions and the mistakes people make applying them.
- Worked examples
- Every step shown, including the step where people go wrong.
- Common exam traps
- The specific misreadings that produce the wrong answer.
- Practice questions
- With detailed answer discussions, not just a correct letter.
- Official FAA references
- So you can verify everything against the source.
MODULE 01
Regulations
14 CFR Parts 1, 61, 91, 110, 117, 119, 121 and 135 as they apply to operational control, dispatch authority and release of a flight.
Operational control and joint responsibility
Who actually controls a Part 121 flight, what the certificate holder delegates, and the point at which continuing a flight becomes an emergency.
14 minLive- Scheduled
Part 119 certificates and operations specifications
How a certificate holder is authorised to operate, and where the numbers a dispatcher applies actually come from.
- Scheduled
Domestic, flag and supplemental operations compared
The definitions that decide which subpart of Part 121 governs a flight, and why the answer changes the numbers.
MODULE 02
Aviation weather
Atmospheric structure, stability, fronts, icing, turbulence, thunderstorms and the physical behaviour behind every product you read.
Thunderstorms, microbursts and convective avoidance
The three ingredients and three stages of a thunderstorm, why the mature stage is the dangerous one, and the avoidance distances that appear on the exam.
16 minLive- Scheduled
Atmospheric structure, lapse rates and stability
Standard atmosphere, lapse rates, inversions and how stability determines what the day will produce.
- Scheduled
Air masses, fronts and frontal weather
Cold, warm, stationary and occluded fronts, and the weather sequence associated with each.
- Scheduled
Structural icing and freezing precipitation
Clear, rime and mixed ice, the temperature bands that produce them, and freezing rain aloft as a warm-layer signature.
- Scheduled
Turbulence: types, causes and reporting criteria
Convective, mechanical, wake, clear air and mountain wave turbulence, with the intensity reporting definitions.
MODULE 03
Weather reports and forecasts
METAR, SPECI, TAF, PIREP, SIGMET, AIRMET, prognostic charts and radar — decoding them and applying them to a release decision.
Decoding a METAR, element by element
The fixed order of a METAR, how to identify the ceiling correctly, and the elements that change a release decision rather than merely describing the weather.
18 minLiveDecoding a TAF and applying change groups
Issue times, validity periods, the difference between FM, BECMG, TEMPO and PROB, and which groups may be used to satisfy a regulatory weather requirement.
17 minLive- Scheduled
SIGMETs, AIRMETs and PIREPs
What each product covers, the thresholds that trigger it, validity periods, and how to file a useful PIREP.
- Scheduled
Prognostic charts, radar and satellite products
Surface analysis, significant weather prognostic charts, radar echo intensity and satellite imagery in dispatch use.
MODULE 04
Weight and balance
Arms, moments, centre of gravity limits, weight shift and load adjustment, and the structural limits behind each number.
Computing centre of gravity and applying a weight shift
Building a loading table from arms and moments, converting the result to percent MAC, and using the weight shift formula to bring an out-of-limits CG back inside.
18 minLive- Scheduled
Zero fuel weight and structural weight limits
Maximum zero fuel, ramp, takeoff and landing weights, and which one is limiting on a given day.
- Scheduled
Cargo loading and last minute changes
Applying a last minute change to a completed loadsheet without recomputing the whole table.
MODULE 05
Aircraft performance
Density altitude, takeoff and landing performance, climb limits, driftdown, runway analysis and the limiting weight for a departure.
Density altitude and its effect on takeoff performance
Converting field elevation to pressure altitude, correcting for non-standard temperature, and reading what the resulting density altitude does to takeoff and climb.
15 minLive- Scheduled
Takeoff performance and runway analysis
Balanced field length, V speeds, runway analysis output and the limiting takeoff weight.
- Scheduled
Landing performance and contaminated runways
Landing distance requirements, runway condition assessment and the effect of contamination on stopping distance.
- Scheduled
Driftdown and engine out en route planning
Net level off altitude, driftdown procedures and en route terrain clearance with one engine inoperative.
MODULE 07
Flight planning
Route selection, altitude selection, equal time points, points of no return, and building an operational flight plan that holds up.
Equal time point and point of no return
Two calculations that look alike and answer completely different questions: where the diversion decision flips, and how far you can go and still get back.
15 minLive- Scheduled
Route and altitude selection
Choosing a track and a cruise level against wind, temperature, turbulence, cost index and terrain.
- Scheduled
ETOPS fundamentals
Threshold and maximum diversion times, adequate and suitable airports, and ETOPS alternate weather requirements.
MODULE 08
Fuel requirements
Regulatory fuel minima for domestic, flag and supplemental operations, plus contingency, alternate and reserve fuel planning.
Domestic fuel requirements under 14 CFR 121.639
The three-part fuel test for a domestic Part 121 dispatch, how the alternate leg enters the calculation, and why forecast wind is part of the regulation rather than an afterthought.
15 minLive- Scheduled
Flag and supplemental fuel requirements
14 CFR 121.645 and 121.643, including the contingency element and the 30 minute hold above the alternate.
- Scheduled
Redispatch and reclearance fuel planning
How a redispatch point reduces required departure fuel, and the conditions that must hold to use one.
MODULE 09
Dispatch procedures
Dispatch release contents, alternate requirements, minimum equipment lists, redispatch, flight following and in-flight amendments.
Destination alternate requirements and the 1-2-3 rule
When a domestic IFR flight needs an alternate listed on the release, how the ceiling and visibility test is applied, and how alternate minimums differ from the test itself.
16 minLive- Scheduled
The dispatch release: required contents
Every element 14 CFR 121.687 requires on a release, and what each one is protecting against.
- Scheduled
MEL, CDL and deferred maintenance items
Reading a minimum equipment list, applying operational and maintenance procedures, and repair category intervals.
- Scheduled
Flight following and in-flight amendments
Monitoring a flight in progress, issuing amendments, and documenting a change to the release.
MODULE 10
Human factors
Fatigue, duty limitations, hazardous attitudes, situational awareness, communication and crew and dispatch resource management.
Dispatcher duty limits, fatigue and hazardous attitudes
The duty time limitations that apply to aircraft dispatchers, how fatigue degrades operational decisions, and the five hazardous attitudes with their antidotes.
13 minLive- Scheduled
Crew and dispatch resource management
Closed-loop communication, shared mental models, and the practice of joint decision making under time pressure.
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