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ATPL EXAMS - SARON & SAMRA
ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs or less - (ANSWER)12 months
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs but single pilot with pax - (ANSWER)Every 6 months
CAT 1 Medical Validity 60 yrs or older - (ANSWER)Every 6 months
Alcohol consumption before flying - (ANSWER)12 hours
High performance aeroplane Vne and Vso - (ANSWER)Vne 250 or greater, Vso 80
or greater
Basic Recency requirements - (ANSWER)Fly as PIC or co-pilot within 5 years AND
complete a recurrent training program within previous 24 months
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in CONTROLLED airspace -
(ANSWER)3sm, 1 mile from cloud, 500 vertical from cloud
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
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Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace
BELOW 1000' AGL - (ANSWER)2sm day, 3sm night, clear of cloud
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
Cockpit Voice Recorder requirements - (ANSWER)6 or more seats
2 pilot minimum
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
50nm off shore water equipment - (ANSWER)Life preserver OR flotation device
for every person on board
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100nm off shore water equipment, or 30 mins cruise - (ANSWER)Life preserver
for everyone on board
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
+200nm off shore water equipment requirements - (ANSWER)Life preservers and
life rafts
*Applies to multi-engine aeroplanes capabale of maintaining OEI flight
Do transport category aircraft need life rafts if they are within 400nm or 120
cruise of landing site? - (ANSWER)No.
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)
Oxygen requirements above 13,000 ASL - (ANSWER)Oxygen at all times for
everyone, at least one hour plus duration above 13,000.
ATPL EXAMS - SARON & SAMRA
ACTUAL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs or less - (ANSWER)12 months
CAT 1 Medical Validity 40yrs but single pilot with pax - (ANSWER)Every 6 months
CAT 1 Medical Validity 60 yrs or older - (ANSWER)Every 6 months
Alcohol consumption before flying - (ANSWER)12 hours
High performance aeroplane Vne and Vso - (ANSWER)Vne 250 or greater, Vso 80
or greater
Basic Recency requirements - (ANSWER)Fly as PIC or co-pilot within 5 years AND
complete a recurrent training program within previous 24 months
Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in CONTROLLED airspace -
(ANSWER)3sm, 1 mile from cloud, 500 vertical from cloud
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
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Minimum visibility requirements for VFR flight in UNCONTROLLED airspace
BELOW 1000' AGL - (ANSWER)2sm day, 3sm night, clear of cloud
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
Cockpit Voice Recorder requirements - (ANSWER)6 or more seats
2 pilot minimum
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
50nm off shore water equipment - (ANSWER)Life preserver OR flotation device
for every person on board
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100nm off shore water equipment, or 30 mins cruise - (ANSWER)Life preserver
for everyone on board
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
+200nm off shore water equipment requirements - (ANSWER)Life preservers and
life rafts
*Applies to multi-engine aeroplanes capabale of maintaining OEI flight
Do transport category aircraft need life rafts if they are within 400nm or 120
cruise of landing site? - (ANSWER)No.
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)
Oxygen requirements above 13,000 ASL - (ANSWER)Oxygen at all times for
everyone, at least one hour plus duration above 13,000.
