Description:

Basic terms of aircraft performance, basic characteristic speeds, runway characteristics, single and multiengine aircraft performance class B, aircraft performance class A, take off and landing performance, after take off and missed approach climb, noise abatement procedures, range of aircraft, drift down, MEL, ETOPS.

Recommended literature:

Volner, R. a kolektiv: Flight planning management, CERM, Brno, 2007
Daněk, V.: Výkonnost, Učební texty pro teorii ATPL, CERM, Brno, 2006
Join Aviation Authorities ? ATPL: Theoretical Knowledge Manual ? Jepessen, 2003

Keywords:

Runway characteristics, decision rotation and safe take off speeds, minimum aircrafts speeds, take off and landing performance, take off phases, noise abatement procedures, MEL, drift down, ETOPS.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar