The Pilot's Manual: ATP Certification Training Program

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. The Pilot's Manual: ATP Certification Training Program 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. 

The Pilot's Manual: ATP Certification Training Program can be used in academically 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 knowledge 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.

• Aerodynamics with a focus on high altitude operations
• Stall prevention and recovery
• General upset recovery techniques for transport category aircraft
• Applicable weather considerations with emphasis on abnormal weather conditions
• Icing
• Severe weather avoidance
• General operating principles when working for an airline
• Physiological factors
• Checklist procedures
• Equipment failures
• Turbine engines
• Transport category performance
• 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.