ATPL Exams - SARON & SAMRA Verified Exam Questions and
Answers Latest update 2026/2027
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs or less
Answer:
12 months
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs but single pilot with pax
Answer:
Every 6 months
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 60 yrs or older
Answer:
Every 6 months
Question:
Alcohol consumption before flying
Answer:
12 hours
Question:
High performance aeroplane Vne and Vso
Answer:
Vne 250 or greater, Vso 80 or greater
Question:
Basic Recency requirements
Answer:
Fly as PIC or co-pilot within 5 years AND complete a recurrent training program within previous 24
months
,Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in CONTROLLED airspace
Answer:
3sm, 1 mile from cloud, 500 vertical from cloud
Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace ABOVE 1000' AGL
Answer:
1 mile day, 3 miles night. 2000 feet horizontal from cloud, 500 feet vertical from cloud
Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace BELOW 1000' AGL
Answer:
2sm day, 3sm night, clear of cloud
Question:
Flight Data Recorder requirements
Answer:
Type certificate 30 or fewer, config 20-30 pax, after October 11, 1991. More than 30 pax Cargo 705
Must operate from start of takeoff to end of landing completion
Question:
Cockpit Voice Recorder requirements
Answer:
6 or more seats 2 pilot minimum
Question:
Four essentials of survival equipment
Answer:
Starting fire Providing shelter Providing or purifying water Visually signalling distress
*Not needed below 60 north if flown in controlled airspace
Question:
50nm off shore water equipment
Answer:
Life preserver OR flotation device for every person on board
, Question:
100nm off shore water equipment, or 30 mins cruise
Answer:
Life preserver for everyone on board
Question:
200nm off shore water equipment, 60 mins cruise - Single Engine or Multi Engine unable to maintain
flight
Answer:
Life preservers for everyone plus life raft
*Life raft not required for multi-engine aeroplane capable of maintaining OEI flight
Question:
+200nm off shore water equipment requirements
Answer:
Life preservers and life rafts
*Applies to multi-engine aeroplanes capabale of maintaining OEI flight
Question:
Do transport category aircraft need life rafts if they are within 400nm or 120 cruise of landing site?
Answer:
No.
Question:
Oxygen requirements above 10,000 ASL to 13,000 ASL
Answer:
At least 30 minutes of oxygen for the crew plus 10% of the passengers, and duration if longer than 30
minutes. (At least 1 passenger)
Question:
Oxygen requirements above 13,000 ASL
Answer:
Oxygen at all times for everyone, at least one hour plus duration above 13,000.
Question:
Oxygen requirements above FL250
Answer:
Pilot in control must wear mask if quick donning masks are NOT available
Answers Latest update 2026/2027
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs or less
Answer:
12 months
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs but single pilot with pax
Answer:
Every 6 months
Question:
CAT 1 Medical Validity 60 yrs or older
Answer:
Every 6 months
Question:
Alcohol consumption before flying
Answer:
12 hours
Question:
High performance aeroplane Vne and Vso
Answer:
Vne 250 or greater, Vso 80 or greater
Question:
Basic Recency requirements
Answer:
Fly as PIC or co-pilot within 5 years AND complete a recurrent training program within previous 24
months
,Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in CONTROLLED airspace
Answer:
3sm, 1 mile from cloud, 500 vertical from cloud
Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace ABOVE 1000' AGL
Answer:
1 mile day, 3 miles night. 2000 feet horizontal from cloud, 500 feet vertical from cloud
Question:
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace BELOW 1000' AGL
Answer:
2sm day, 3sm night, clear of cloud
Question:
Flight Data Recorder requirements
Answer:
Type certificate 30 or fewer, config 20-30 pax, after October 11, 1991. More than 30 pax Cargo 705
Must operate from start of takeoff to end of landing completion
Question:
Cockpit Voice Recorder requirements
Answer:
6 or more seats 2 pilot minimum
Question:
Four essentials of survival equipment
Answer:
Starting fire Providing shelter Providing or purifying water Visually signalling distress
*Not needed below 60 north if flown in controlled airspace
Question:
50nm off shore water equipment
Answer:
Life preserver OR flotation device for every person on board
, Question:
100nm off shore water equipment, or 30 mins cruise
Answer:
Life preserver for everyone on board
Question:
200nm off shore water equipment, 60 mins cruise - Single Engine or Multi Engine unable to maintain
flight
Answer:
Life preservers for everyone plus life raft
*Life raft not required for multi-engine aeroplane capable of maintaining OEI flight
Question:
+200nm off shore water equipment requirements
Answer:
Life preservers and life rafts
*Applies to multi-engine aeroplanes capabale of maintaining OEI flight
Question:
Do transport category aircraft need life rafts if they are within 400nm or 120 cruise of landing site?
Answer:
No.
Question:
Oxygen requirements above 10,000 ASL to 13,000 ASL
Answer:
At least 30 minutes of oxygen for the crew plus 10% of the passengers, and duration if longer than 30
minutes. (At least 1 passenger)
Question:
Oxygen requirements above 13,000 ASL
Answer:
Oxygen at all times for everyone, at least one hour plus duration above 13,000.
Question:
Oxygen requirements above FL250
Answer:
Pilot in control must wear mask if quick donning masks are NOT available
