CPL Air Regulations: questions asked 2021–2026

B. Mode A 7600 with Mode C

Radio failure is 7600, keeping Mode C on so ATC still sees your level. ATC can then check how far the failure goes by asking you to squawk IDENT or change code.

B. 136,000 kg or more

HEAVY is 136,000 kg or more; MEDIUM is between 7000 kg and 136,000 kg; LIGHT is 7000 kg or less.

C. Haemoglobin in the red blood cells

Oxygen binds to haemoglobin in the red cells as blood passes the alveoli. That is also why carbon monoxide is so dangerous: it grabs haemoglobin far more readily than oxygen does.

A. 600 m (2000 ft) above the highest obstacle within 8 km of the estimated position

Over high terrain or mountains: 2000 ft above the highest obstacle within 8 km of the estimated position. Elsewhere the figure is 1000 ft, still within 8 km.

A. Continue to fly in VMC, land at the nearest suitable aerodrome and report its arrival to ATC by the quickest means

In VMC: stay VMC, land at the nearest suitable aerodrome and report the arrival by the most expeditious means. Continuing the flight plan is the IMC procedure, used only when VMC cannot be kept.

C. Read back the mode and code to be set

SSR codes are on the list of items that must always be read back, like clearances, runway instructions and altimeter settings. ROGER or WILCO alone is not enough.

B. Three thousand five hundred

For altitude, cloud height, visibility and RVR, whole thousands and hundreds are spoken as THOUSAND and HUNDRED: "three thousand five hundred". Digit by digit is used for flight levels and squawk codes.

B. 15 days or more

Fifteen days or more of incapacity for the licensed work means a fresh medical before flying again. The same applies to any injury likely to affect your efficiency, whatever its length.

A. 5 km flight visibility, 1500 m horizontally and 300 m (1000 ft) vertically from cloud

The correct answer is: 5 km flight visibility, 1500 m horizontally and 300 m (1000 ft) vertically from cloud.

B. Readable but with difficulty

The scale runs 1 unreadable, 2 readable now and then, 3 readable but with difficulty, 4 readable, 5 perfectly readable.

B. 25 NM

The MSA gives at least 1000 ft obstacle clearance within 25 NM (46 km) of the navigation aid, IAF or IF.

A. Continue according to the current flight plan, as the rules for this case prescribe

In IMC you keep to the plan: hold the last assigned level and speed for the set time, follow the route to the destination aid, and land within 30 minutes of your ETA or EAT. "Land at the nearest aerodrome" is the VMC answer.

B. Hyperventilation

Anxiety-driven over-breathing gives dizziness, tingling, and a racing heart. At low altitude hypoxia is unlikely, so assume hyperventilation and slow your breathing down.

A. Tokyo Convention, 1963

The Tokyo Convention (1963) covers offences and certain other acts committed on board aircraft. It is the one that gives the commander authority to restrain an offender and to disembark him.

A. Carriage of passengers or cargo for remuneration between two points within the same State

Cabotage is domestic air service. Under Article 7 of the Chicago Convention each State may refuse foreign aircraft permission to carry traffic for hire between two points inside its own territory. Overflight and technical stops are the first and second freedoms.