Guidelines for the ATPL theory course at Bartolini Air.

Dear All,

First of all thank you for showing interest in or joining the Bartolini Air ATPL theory program!

Bartolini Air organises the EASA ATPL theory course in cooperation with Bristol.gs, Europe’s leading ATPL distance learning specialist. The study content is provided by Bristol.gs and the10 day classroom session is organised at the Bartolini Air training centre at Pilska 4, Lodz, Poland.

From the start, beginning with the enrollment for the program, we have to follow certain rules set out according to EASA Part FCL. The main rule is that we have to offer a study program that contains at least 650 hours of study time. This is 570 hours of distance learning and 80 hours of classroom lectures as according to EASA Part FCL a minimum of 10% of the study program has to be provided through classroom lectures.

After enrollment you will be sent the DVD by Bristol.gs. We will then provide the license key. We do not send any books, you can buy them second hand if you wish. The DVD contains all the necessary content to prepare and pass the EASA ATPL exams. The DVD contains the interactive distance learning program and access to the Bristol.gs question bank. The distance learning program consists of presentations, animations and stage checks for each 6 hour block of studying. Each stage check needs to be passed with 100% before you can continue to the next block of study materials. The Bristol.gs program has been designed in order to meet the 570 hours of distance learning and provides unlimited access so you can keep using it even when you have already passed the exams. The question bank initially is valid for one year only, but can be extended if needed.

The minimum time you need for studies on a full time basis ( 8 hours per day, 6 days per week) will be at least 3 months. It is mandatory to be part of the 10 day classroom session in order to fulfill the 650 hour requirement.You can be present at the classroom session while you are still engaged in the self study program. You can decide yourself which classroom session you will be part of, just let us know a few weeks beforehand. Classroom session dates are stated at the end of this page.During the classroom course all subjects will be dealt with in preparation of the EASA theory exams, though students are expected to have sufficient knowledge and be well prepared before participating in the classroom session. At the end of the 10 day classroom session there will be a written inhouse test of 100 questions which has to be passed with at least 75%. The full distance learning program, including the classroom session, has to be finished in a period of 18 months.Once the Bristol.gs distance learning course has been completed, the student has been present at the classroom lecture session, and the inhouse test has been passed, the certificate of completion of the theory course will be issued.

The certificate of completion is necessary to register for the official EASA exams at ULC, the Polish CAA. They are located on Flisa 2, Warsaw (+ 48 22 520 72 00,http://www.ulc.gov.pl) . While registering you pay €250 for the EASA theory exams. This price includes 4 exam attempts (initial plus 3 resits) for all the 14 subjects. You have exactly 18 months from the date you attempt to pass the first exam till passing all the exams. If you do not pass all the exams within those 18 months you have to do a refresher course , pay another €250 and pass all the exams again. Within the 18 months that you have for the exams you can use 6 sessions to pass all the exams. Almost every month there is a session. You can find the most current dates for the sessions on the website of ULC, (http://www.ulc.gov.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187&Itemid=312).Sessions usually last for 10 days. In weekends there are no exams.

Once you have registered with ULC for the exams, you will be sent a login code.The exams are held on the computer. You use the login to get access to the exams. You do not need to register for the exams beforehand. On any of the days that the session is held you can visit ULC on Flisa 2 in Warsaw from 9:00 am till 15:00 pm, tell the ladies at reception which exam you want to pass and they will show you which computer to use. You can do as many exams per day as you want, you are limited though to one attempt per subject. If you fail one subject you need to wait for the next sitting (usually the next month) to resit the exam. You need to pass all exams with at least 75%. You have 4 attempts per subject in 6 sessions over a period of 18 months.In order to start the training for the instrument rating (IR) you need to have passed:— Air Law,— Aircraft General Knowledge — Instrumentation,— Flight Performance and Monitoring,— Human Performance,— Meteorology,— Radio Navigation,— IFR Communications.To start the training for the CPL or FI you need to have passed all the 14 exams.

Good luck!

Current dates for the 10 day brush up course:- 17/8/2013 till 27/8/2013- 5/12/2013 till 15/12/2013- 6/3/2014 till 16/3/2014

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