Syllabus for Examination for Issue of Private Pilot’s Licence - Air Regulations (DGCA)

Air Regulation

8.1 Legislation

- The Convention of International Civil Aviation

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- The International Civil Aviation Organization

- Documents to be carried in aircraft

- Use of aircraft radio equipment

- Certificate of airworthiness

- Licences of personnel

- Recognition of certificates and licences

- Journey log books

- Cargo restrictions

- Restrictions on use of photographic equipment

- Endorsement of certificates of licences

- Validity of endorsed certificates and licences

Annexes to the Convention (‘ICAO Annexes’)

Annex 7 Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks

- definitions

8.2 Rules of the Air

Annex 2 Rules of the Air

- definitions

- applicability

- general rules

- visual flight rules

- signals (Appendix 1)

- interception of civil aircraft (Appendix 2)

8.3 Air Traffic regulations and Air Traffic Services

Annex 11 Air Traffic Regulations and Air Traffic Services

- definitions

- objectives of air traffic services

- classification of airspace

- flight information regions, control areas and control zones

- air traffic control services

- alerting service

- visual meteorological conditions

- instrument meteorological conditions

- in-flight contingencies

Annex 14 Aerodrome Data

- definitions

- conditions of the movement area and related facilities

- Visual aids for navigation

- indicators and signaling devices

- markings

- lights

- signs

- markers

- signal area

- Visual aids for denoting obstacles

- marking of objects

- lighting of objects

- Visual aids for denoting restricted use of areas

- Emergency and other services : fire and rescue service

- Aerodrome ground lights and surface marking colours

- Colours for aeronautical ground lights

- Colours for surface markings

ICAO Document 4444 – Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Services

General provisions

- definitions

- ATS operating practices

- Flight plan clearance and information

- Control of air traffic flow

- Altimeter setting procedures

- Wake turbulence information

- Meteorological information

- Air reports (AIREP)

Area control service

- Separation of controlled traffic in the various classes of airspace

- Pilots, responsibility to maintain separation in VMC

- Emergency and communications failure procedures by the pilot

- Interception of civil aircraft

Approach control service

- Departing and arriving aircraft procedures in VMC

Aerodrome control service

- Function of aerodrome control towers

- VFR operations

- Traffic and circuit procedures

- Information to aircraft

- Control of aerodrome traffic

Flight information and alerting service

- Air traffic advisory service

- Objectives

8.4 Aircraft Rules and Civil Aviation Requirements

- Validity of licences and ratings

- Medical fitness

- Decrease in medical fitness

- Crediting of flight time

- State of licence issue

- Requirements

- Minimum age

- Privilege and conditions

- Ratings for special purposes

- Experience and crediting

- Training course

- Theoretical knowledge examination

- Skill test

- Circumstances in which an instrument rating is required

- Type and class ratings

- Division of class ratings

- Circumstances in which type or class ratings are required

- Validity, revalidation and renewal

- Instructor ratings

- Instruction – general

8.5 Contravention of Aviation Regulations

- Offences

- Penalties

8.6 National Law – National Law and differences to relevant ICAO Annexes and CARs.

Indian aircraft act 1934-section 1,2,8,10,11A,11B, 17&18(3/9)

Aircraft Rule 1937- Rule No. 1-19,21-29A.30,33,37A,38-48,50,52,53,55,65,67,67A,67B,68-70,76,79-89,133A,134,140, 140(AB&C)15&161

Schedule I, II, VI, & XI

INDAIN AIRCRAFT RULES 1920-RULE NO 53-64

AIRCRAFT RULES 1954 (Public Health Rules)

AIRCRAFT RULES 2003 (Carriage of Dangerous Goods)

9 Human Performance & Limitations

9.1 Basic Physiology

Basic concepts of:

- composition of the atmosphere

- respiration and blood circulation

- Effects of partial pressure

- Hearing

- Motion sickness

- Flying and health

- Toxic hazards

- dangerous goods

- carbon monoxide from heaters

9.2 Basic psychology

The information process and its concepts

Stress

Judgment and decision making

10. Operational Procedures

a) ICAO Annex 6, Parts II and DGCA India CARs on Operations in Section 2, 7 and 8

- operation of aircraft

b) ICAO Annex 12 – Search and Rescue

- definitions

- alerting phases

- procedures for pilot-in-command intercepting a distress transmission

- search and rescue signals

c) ICAO Annex 13 – Aircraft Accident Investigation

- definitions