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How these prompts are written
Every prompt asks the model to work from source material you supply, or to produce questions rather than answers.
No prompt here asks AI to make an operational decision, replace a dispatcher or pilot, or stand in for an approved manual or official source.
Each card carries a verification reminder, because the check is the part that makes the prompt safe to use.
Verify before use · AI-generated information must always be verified against current regulations, approved manuals, official weather products and company procedures.
22 prompts
ATP/ADX exam preparation
Explain a concept three ways
Gets the same idea explained at three levels of depth, so you can find the level where your understanding actually breaks.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
Explain the aviation concept below three times, at increasing depth.
CONCEPT: [CONCEPT]
CONTEXT: I am preparing for the FAA [ATP / ADX] knowledge examination.
1. In plain language, in under 100 words, with no jargon.
2. At the level an examination question would assume, including the terminology I need to recognise.
3. At the level of the underlying mechanism, explaining why it works this way rather than just what happens.
Then:
- List the three misconceptions students most often hold about this concept, and correct each one.
- Give me one short scenario question that would reveal whether I truly understand it.
- Tell me which official FAA source I should read to confirm this, and flag anything you are unsure about.
Verify · Confirm the explanation against the FAA handbook or regulation named, and treat the model's confidence as no evidence of accuracy.
ATP/ADX exam preparation
Diagnose why you got a question wrong
Turns a single missed practice question into a diagnosis of the underlying gap, instead of just memorising the correct option.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
I answered a practice question incorrectly and I want to understand why, not just learn the right answer.
QUESTION: [PASTE THE FULL QUESTION AND ALL OPTIONS]
THE ANSWER I CHOSE: [YOUR ANSWER]
THE CORRECT ANSWER: [CORRECT ANSWER]
MY REASONING AT THE TIME: [WHAT YOU WERE THINKING]
Tell me:
1. What specific misunderstanding my reasoning reveals.
2. Whether this is a knowledge gap, a misread of the question, or a calculation error, and what evidence in my reasoning points to that.
3. What the correct reasoning chain is, step by step.
4. Two or three other questions that would catch this same misunderstanding, so I can test whether I have actually fixed it.
5. The specific topic I should revisit, narrowly defined rather than a whole subject.
Do not simply restate the correct answer. Explain the error.
Verify · Check every answer against the source material you supplied, not against the explanation the model gives.
ATP/ADX exam preparation
Build a formula sheet from your notes
Extracts every formula from material you supply and organises it with the units, the variables and the conditions under which each applies.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
Below is study material for the FAA [ATP / ADX] examination.
MATERIAL:
"""
[PASTE YOUR NOTES OR SOURCE TEXT]
"""
Extract every formula it contains and produce a reference sheet. For each formula give:
- The name and what it computes
- The formula itself
- What every variable means, with its units
- The conditions under which it applies, and when it does not
- One worked numerical example using realistic values
- The single most common mistake made when applying it
Rules:
- Extract only formulas present in the material. Do not add formulas from your own knowledge.
- If a formula in the material appears incomplete or inconsistent, flag it rather than correcting it silently.
- Group the formulas by subject and order them by how often they appear in the material.
Verify · Check every answer against the source material you supplied, not against the explanation the model gives.
Aviation weather study
Decode a METAR and show the reasoning
Walks through a METAR element by element as a study exercise, ending with what an operational reader would actually notice.
Intended user: Aviation students learning to read weather products
Complete prompt
I am learning to decode aviation weather reports. Decode the METAR below as a teaching exercise.
METAR: [PASTE THE METAR]
Work through it in this order:
1. Break the report into its elements in the order they appear, and name each element.
2. Decode each element in full, showing how you read the encoding.
3. State the ceiling and explain which layer you used and why the others do not count.
4. Describe the weather situation in plain language, as a picture.
5. Identify the two or three elements that would most affect an operational decision at this airport, and explain why.
6. State clearly what a METAR cannot tell me, and what product I would need to answer a question about the next few hours.
If any element is ambiguous or unusual, say so instead of guessing.
Verify · Confirm the decoding against AC 00-45 and the FAA Aviation Weather Handbook. Never use a decoded report for an operational decision without the original product.
Aviation weather study
Compare TAF change groups in a forecast
Builds a timeline from a TAF so you can see exactly what is forecast at each moment, which is what regulatory tests actually require.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students, dispatchers studying weather products
Complete prompt
Help me read the TAF below as a study exercise.
TAF: [PASTE THE TAF]
Do the following:
1. State the issue time and the full validity period.
2. Build a timeline showing the forecast conditions at each stage, and for every change group state whether it REPLACES the previous conditions or only AMENDS the elements listed.
3. For each TEMPO or PROB group, explain what it means about the confidence and duration of that condition.
4. Identify the periods during which the ceiling would be below 2,000 ft above airport elevation or the visibility below 3 statute miles.
5. Explain what those periods would mean for the 14 CFR 121.619 destination alternate test, describing the reasoning rather than giving me a decision.
Do not tell me whether to dispatch a flight. Explain the forecast and the rule, and flag anything in the TAF you are unsure how to read.
Verify · Confirm against the current TAF from the official source and against AC 00-45. Check every regulatory citation and figure against the current text on eCFR before relying on it.
Aviation weather study
Explain the mechanism behind a weather hazard
Gets the physical cause of a hazard rather than a list of its symptoms, which is what makes the avoidance guidance memorable.
Intended user: Aviation students and professionals
Complete prompt
Explain the aviation weather hazard below at the level of mechanism.
HAZARD: [HAZARD, e.g. clear ice, mountain wave turbulence, microburst, freezing rain aloft]
Cover:
1. The physical conditions required for it to form, and why each one is necessary.
2. How it develops over time, stage by stage.
3. What it looks like on the weather products a dispatcher or pilot actually reads, and where it may not show up at all.
4. Why it is dangerous, in terms of what it does to the aircraft.
5. The recognised avoidance or mitigation guidance, and which FAA document that guidance comes from.
6. The most common misunderstanding about this hazard.
Tell me explicitly where your information may be dated and which current FAA publication I should check.
Verify · Confirm all avoidance guidance against the current advisory circular or FAA handbook named, and treat any figure as unverified until you have checked it.
Regulations
Break down a regulation you have pasted
Takes regulatory text you supply and separates the requirement from the exceptions, conditions and cross-references buried in it.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students, dispatchers
Complete prompt
Below is the text of an aviation regulation. Work only from this text.
REGULATION TEXT:
"""
[PASTE THE FULL TEXT FROM eCFR]
"""
Break it down as follows:
1. The core requirement, in one sentence.
2. Who it applies to, and to which type of operation.
3. Every condition that must be satisfied, listed separately.
4. Every exception, and precisely what must be true for each exception to apply.
5. Any cross-reference to another regulation, and what I would need to read there to apply this one correctly.
6. The two or three points in this text that are easiest to misread, and how to read them correctly.
7. A plain-language restatement I could explain to someone else.
Rules:
- Use only the text I pasted. Do not add requirements from your own knowledge.
- If the text appears cut off or refers to a paragraph I have not supplied, say so.
- Do not tell me what the regulation used to say or is likely to say. Work from this text only.
Verify · Check every regulatory citation and figure against the current text on eCFR before relying on it.
Regulations
Distinguish two regulations that keep getting confused
Puts two similar provisions side by side so the distinguishing feature becomes explicit rather than something you half-remember.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
I keep confusing two regulations. Help me separate them cleanly. Work only from the texts I supply.
REGULATION A:
"""
[PASTE THE FULL TEXT]
"""
REGULATION B:
"""
[PASTE THE FULL TEXT]
"""
Produce:
1. A side-by-side comparison table covering: what it requires, who it applies to, the operation type, the trigger conditions, the time reference used, and any exceptions.
2. The single distinguishing feature that tells me which one applies to a given situation.
3. Three short scenarios, one clearly governed by A, one clearly by B, and one where the distinction is genuinely subtle, each with the reasoning.
4. The specific words in each text that people misread when confusing them.
Do not add material from outside the two texts. If the distinction depends on a definition not present in either text, say which definition is needed.
Verify · Check every regulatory citation and figure against the current text on eCFR before relying on it.
Weight and balance
Check your weight and balance working
Reviews your arithmetic and method on a practice loading problem and tells you which of the two failed, without doing the problem for you.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
I have worked a weight and balance practice problem. Check my method and my arithmetic. This is a study exercise, not an operational loadsheet.
THE PROBLEM: [PASTE THE FULL PROBLEM]
MY WORKING: [PASTE EVERY STEP, INCLUDING THE ARITHMETIC]
MY ANSWER: [YOUR ANSWER]
Tell me:
1. Whether my method is correct, step by step, and where it first goes wrong if it does.
2. Whether my arithmetic is correct, identifying the specific step of any error.
3. Whether I have confused a method error with an arithmetic error, since these need different fixes.
4. The correct working, laid out step by step.
5. The single check I could have applied to catch this error myself.
Do not simply give me the answer. Show me where my reasoning diverged.
Verify · Recompute the result yourself. For any real aircraft, use only the approved loading schedule and company weight and balance system.
Weight and balance
Generate weight and balance drills
Produces graded practice problems with full worked solutions, so you can drill the method rather than one worked example.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
Create [NUMBER] weight and balance practice problems for FAA [ATP / ADX] examination preparation.
Requirements:
- Use realistic transport category figures: weights in pounds, arms in inches, a stated datum.
- Cover this mix: basic CG computation from a loading table, percent MAC conversion, weight shift, and weight added or removed.
- Increase difficulty across the set.
- State every given value explicitly. Do not require me to assume anything.
For each problem provide, in a clearly separated section after all the problems:
- The full worked solution with every step shown
- The formula used and why that formula fits the situation
- The most likely wrong answer and the error that produces it
- One sanity check I could apply to the answer
Do not mix the solutions in with the problems. I want to attempt them cold.
Verify · Recompute each worked solution yourself before trusting it. Generated arithmetic can be wrong even when the method shown is right.
Flight planning
Explain a flight planning calculation
Gets a planning calculation explained as a method with the reasoning attached, rather than a formula to memorise.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
Teach me the flight planning calculation below as a method, not a formula to memorise.
CALCULATION: [e.g. equal time point, point of no return, required fuel, wind correction angle]
Cover:
1. What question this calculation actually answers, in one sentence.
2. Why the formula has the shape it does. Explain the reasoning behind each term.
3. What each variable represents and where I would get its value in practice.
4. A fully worked example with realistic figures, every step shown.
5. A second example where one input changes significantly, so I can see how the result moves and why.
6. The three most common errors, and how to catch each one.
7. A rough sanity check I can apply to any answer.
If this calculation is easily confused with a similar one, name it and give me the distinguishing test.
Verify · Recompute the worked examples yourself. For operational planning, use only your company flight planning system and approved data.
Flight planning
Work through fuel planning scenarios
Generates study scenarios that force you to decide which fuel rule applies before you start calculating.
Intended user: ATP and ADX students
Complete prompt
Create [NUMBER] fuel planning study scenarios for FAA [ATP / ADX] examination preparation.
Each scenario should:
- State the type of operation (domestic, flag or supplemental) explicitly.
- Give the route, the trip fuel, the alternate situation, and the cruise fuel consumption rate.
- Vary whether an alternate is required, and vary the number of alternates listed.
- Require me to identify which regulation governs before calculating.
After all the scenarios, in a separate section, give for each one:
- Which regulation applies and why
- Whether an alternate is required and the reasoning
- The full fuel calculation, step by step
- The most likely wrong answer and the misunderstanding that produces it
Do not include the answers with the scenarios. State clearly that these are study exercises using invented figures and are not operational flight planning.
Verify · Check every regulatory citation and figure against the current text on eCFR before relying on it. Recompute every calculation yourself.
Dispatcher workflows
Organise your flight monitoring notes
Structures the running notes you keep while monitoring flights, without adding, inferring or completing anything.
Intended user: Flight dispatchers and operations officers
Complete prompt
Organise my flight monitoring notes. Structure only. Do not add, infer or complete any information.
MY NOTES:
"""
[PASTE YOUR RAW NOTES]
"""
Organise them by flight, and for each flight list:
- What I have noted about its current state
- What I have noted that I am watching
- Any action I have noted as pending, and any time or trigger attached to it
Then list separately:
- Items in my notes that are not attached to a specific flight
- Items where my notes are ambiguous or incomplete, quoting exactly what I wrote
Rules:
- Keep every flight number, time, altitude, fuel figure and identifier exactly as I wrote it. Do not round, convert or normalise anything.
- Do not infer a flight state I have not written down.
- If something is unclear, list it as unclear rather than resolving it.
- Add nothing from your own knowledge of aviation operations.
Verify · Verify all operational data against your company system, the approved manuals and official aviation sources. This output has no operational authority.
Dispatcher workflows
Draft the questions behind an operational decision
Produces the list of questions a decision requires you to answer from official sources. It never answers them.
Intended user: Flight dispatchers and operations officers
Complete prompt
I am preparing to make an operational decision and want to be sure I have considered the right questions. Do not make the decision, recommend an outcome, or supply any operational data.
THE DECISION: [DESCRIBE THE DECISION IN GENERAL TERMS]
OPERATION TYPE: [DOMESTIC / FLAG / SUPPLEMENTAL]
Produce a structured list of the questions I should be able to answer before deciding, organised by category: regulatory, weather, aircraft, airport and airspace, fuel and payload, crew, and contingency.
For each question:
- State what needs to be established
- State which official source the answer must come from
- State what would make the answer a concern
Rules:
- Produce questions only. Do not answer any of them.
- Do not supply weather, NOTAM, performance, fuel or regulatory values.
- Flag any question whose answer depends on company procedures or operations specifications you cannot know.
- End by listing what you think I may not have told you that would change which questions matter.
Verify · This produces questions, never answers. Every answer must come from the official source named, and the decision remains yours under the operational control system you work in.
Shift handover
Structure a shift handover from raw notes
Organises end-of-shift notes into a consistent handover structure and separates out what you were unsure about.
Intended user: Flight dispatchers and operations officers
Complete prompt
Structure my shift handover from the raw notes below. Organise only. Do not add information.
MY RAW NOTES:
"""
[PASTE YOUR NOTES]
"""
Use these headings:
1. Flights airborne under my control, with status and what is being watched
2. Flights released but not yet departed
3. Weather affecting the operation
4. Aircraft with MEL, CDL or deferred items relevant to planning
5. Airport, airspace or ATC constraints
6. Open items requiring a decision, with the decision point
7. Items I was uncertain about, flagged for the incoming dispatcher to verify
Rules:
- Use only what is in my notes. Write "Nothing noted" for any empty heading.
- Keep every flight number, time, fuel figure and identifier exactly as written.
- Put anything ambiguous under heading 7 and state what is unclear.
- Finish with a list of things a handover would normally cover that my notes did not mention, phrased as questions for me.
Verify · Verify all operational data against your company system, the approved manuals and official aviation sources. This output has no operational authority. Confirm every flight state against the operational system before sending.
Shift handover
Build a handover template for your desk
Produces a reusable blank handover structure tailored to the type of operation you dispatch, for review against company procedure.
Intended user: Flight dispatchers and operations officers
Complete prompt
Draft a blank shift handover template for review against my company procedures.
MY DESK: [DESCRIBE THE OPERATION: type, fleet, route structure, typical number of flights]
SHIFT PATTERN: [DESCRIBE]
WHAT MY CURRENT HANDOVER MISSES: [DESCRIBE, OR "unknown"]
Produce:
1. A blank template with section headings and, under each, the prompts that tell the outgoing dispatcher what to record.
2. For each section, a note on why it exists and what goes wrong when it is skipped.
3. A short section at the end specifically for uncertainty and open questions.
4. A note on which sections are likely to be governed by company procedure and must be checked against my operations manual.
Rules:
- Produce a blank template. Do not populate it with example operational data.
- Do not state any regulatory requirement as fact. Where a requirement is likely to apply, say what I should check and where.
- Mark clearly that this is a draft for review, not an approved company document.
Verify · Review against your company operations manual and have it approved through your normal process before use. The manual and your operations specifications take precedence.
Operational briefings
Build a briefing preparation checklist
Generates the list of items a briefing should cover for a given operation, with the official source for each answer named.
Intended user: Dispatchers, pilots and operations officers
Complete prompt
Produce a briefing preparation checklist for the operation below. Produce questions to answer, never the answers.
OPERATION TYPE: [DOMESTIC / FLAG / SUPPLEMENTAL / CHARTER / TRAINING]
ROUTE CHARACTER: [SHORT HAUL / LONG HAUL / OVERWATER / MOUNTAINOUS / REMOTE]
AIRCRAFT: [TYPE OR CATEGORY]
AUDIENCE: [FLIGHT CREW / OPERATIONS TEAM / TRAINEE]
Organise the checklist into: weather, NOTAMs and airport status, aircraft status and limitations, fuel and payload, route and airspace, alternates, threats and mitigations, and communication and contingency.
For each item state:
- What needs to be established
- Which official source the answer must come from
- What would make it a go or no-go concern
Rules:
- Do not supply any weather, NOTAM, performance or regulatory value.
- Flag every item that depends on company procedures or operations specifications you cannot know.
- Note where the requirement differs between domestic, flag and supplemental operations.
Verify · Reconcile against your company operations manual, which takes precedence. Fill every item from the official source named.
Operational briefings
Explain a briefing item to a trainee
Turns one briefing item into a teaching explanation covering why it exists and what it is protecting against.
Intended user: Operations officers and instructors
Complete prompt
I am explaining one item of an operational briefing to a trainee. Help me structure the explanation.
BRIEFING ITEM: [THE ITEM]
TRAINEE BACKGROUND: [WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW]
Cover:
1. What this item is, in plain language.
2. Why it exists. What failure or hazard is it protecting against?
3. Where the information comes from, and which official source is authoritative for it.
4. How it connects to the other items in a briefing.
5. What typically goes wrong when this item is treated as routine.
6. Two questions I can ask the trainee to check they have understood rather than memorised.
Rules:
- Do not supply operational values or company-specific procedures.
- Where the correct content depends on company procedure, say so and tell me to check the operations manual.
- Flag anything you are uncertain about or where your information may be out of date.
Verify · Check the explanation against your company operations manual and the relevant FAA publication before teaching it.
Aviation research
Map your sources against a research question
Shows which of your sources actually support which part of your topic, and where you are relying on a secondary source for something that needs a primary one.
Intended user: Students, instructors and content creators
Complete prompt
Help me organise research material. Structure only. Do not add facts from your own knowledge.
RESEARCH QUESTION: [ONE SENTENCE]
MY SOURCES:
[LIST EACH: title, type (regulation / handbook / advisory circular / manual / article), date, what it covers]
MY NOTES:
"""
[PASTE YOUR NOTES]
"""
Produce:
1. The sections this topic naturally divides into, in a sensible order, with the reason for that order.
2. Which of my sources can actually support each section.
3. Sections where I have no source, or only a secondary source where a primary one is needed.
4. Open questions my notes raise but do not answer.
5. Places where two of my sources appear to disagree, quoting both. Do not resolve the conflict.
6. Which of my sources are primary and which are secondary, and where I am currently relying on the wrong kind.
Verify · Verify the primary and secondary classification yourself and check the date of every regulatory source. Resolve flagged conflicts by returning to the primary sources.
Aviation research
Find the gap in your understanding
Uses your own written explanation of a topic to locate what you have not actually understood, rather than what you cannot recall.
Intended user: Students and professionals studying a new subject
Complete prompt
I am going to explain an aviation topic in my own words. Find what I do not understand.
TOPIC: [TOPIC]
MY EXPLANATION:
"""
[WRITE YOUR OWN EXPLANATION FROM MEMORY, WITHOUT LOOKING ANYTHING UP]
"""
Tell me:
1. What my explanation gets right.
2. What is missing, and whether each gap is a detail or a structural misunderstanding.
3. Anything I have stated that is incorrect, with the correction and the source I should check.
4. Anything I have stated vaguely, in a way that suggests I am repeating a phrase rather than understanding it.
5. Three questions that would expose the weakest part of my understanding.
6. The narrow topic I should study next, and the FAA source to study it from.
Be direct. Do not soften an assessment to be encouraging.
Verify · Check every correction against the FAA source named before accepting it. The model can be confidently wrong about the thing it is correcting.
Aviation content creation
Outline an aviation lesson
Produces a lesson structure for a defined audience and flags the points on that topic most often explained incorrectly.
Intended user: Aviation instructors and content creators
Complete prompt
Outline an educational piece on an aviation topic. Produce structure and flag risks. Do not write the content.
TOPIC: [TOPIC]
AUDIENCE: [WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW]
FORMAT: [VIDEO / ARTICLE / LESSON / SHORT]
LENGTH: [APPROXIMATE]
THE ONE IDEA THEY MUST LEAVE WITH: [ONE SENTENCE]
Produce:
1. Sections, with the specific point each makes and roughly what share of the length it takes.
2. Prerequisite knowledge, and which of it I should build in rather than assume.
3. The three or four points on this topic most often explained incorrectly, and the precise version of each.
4. Where a worked example or diagram would carry more weight than prose, and what it should show.
5. Every technical claim in the outline that I must verify against a primary source, with the source type needed.
6. Anything where you are uncertain or your information may be outdated.
Do not supply regulatory citations or numerical values. List them as items for me to source.
Verify · Verify every technical claim against a primary source before publishing, and have someone with operational experience review the piece.
Aviation content creation
Review a draft for accuracy risk
Flags every claim in your draft that needs a source before publication, rather than checking the claims itself.
Intended user: Aviation instructors and content creators
Complete prompt
Review my draft aviation content for accuracy risk. Do not verify the claims yourself. Identify what must be verified.
MY DRAFT:
"""
[PASTE YOUR DRAFT]
"""
INTENDED AUDIENCE: [AUDIENCE]
Produce:
1. Every factual claim in the draft, listed separately, each marked with the type of source needed to verify it: regulation, FAA handbook, advisory circular, manufacturer documentation, or company manual.
2. Every regulatory citation, listed for checking against the current eCFR text.
3. Every numerical value, listed for checking against its source.
4. Any claim stated more strongly than the underlying subject supports, with a suggested more precise wording.
5. Anywhere a reader could reasonably take the content as operational guidance rather than education, with suggested wording to make the distinction clear.
6. Anything oversimplified in a way that would mislead this particular audience.
Rank the list by how much harm an error would cause if it went out uncorrected.