Pre-Flight Planning for Large Aeroplanes Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply regulatory requirements and company procedures to pre-flight planning for large aeroplanes.
• Analyze meteorological data and NOTAMs to assess their impact on flight safety and route selection.
• Evaluate fuel requirements, including contingency and alternate fuel, using performance charts and calculations.
• Implement weight and balance procedures to ensure the aeroplane remains within structural and performance limits.
• Demonstrate the ability to complete a comprehensive flight plan, including route, altitude, and time estimations.
• Assess operational risks and develop mitigation strategies for identified hazards.

Target Audience

This course is designed for commercial pilots, flight dispatchers, and operations staff involved in the planning and execution of flights for large aeroplanes, typically those with a maximum take-off mass exceeding 5,700 kg.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals provide hands-on experience in using flight planning software, performance charts, and weather interpretation tools. Learners will complete a full operational flight plan and participate in a simulated pre-flight briefing and decision-making exercise.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Weather Briefing and Interpretation — Learners access real-time weather data, interpret METAR/TAF, and produce a weather summary for a given route. (4h)
• Practical 2: Performance and Weight & Balance Calculation — Using aircraft performance manuals and software, learners calculate take-off and landing performance and prepare a load sheet. (6h)
• Practical 3: Fuel Planning and Operational Flight Plan — Learners compute fuel requirements and compile a complete operational flight plan for a multi-sector route. (6h)
• Practical 4: Route Planning and Navigation Log — Using charts and EFB, learners plan a route including SIDs/STARs and create a navigation log. (4h)
• Practical 5: Simulated Pre-Flight Briefing and Assessment — Learners present a full pre-flight briefing covering weather, performance, fuel, and route, followed by an assessment. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.