Overview
Flight Planning, Performance and Loading (Air Transport Pilot Licence) will provide you with the advanced knowledge required to plan an international Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight in a heavy air transport aircraft. You will learn how to interpret large aircraft performance data. From meteorological forecasts, you will determine the appropriate route, altitude, and alternate aerodromes. You will learn how to prepare a load and trim sheet for a large transport aircraft.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: AVAT12012 Instrument Flight Rules and Procedures; AVAT12010 Flight Planning, Performance and Loading (Commercial Pilot Licence); AVAT13008 Navigation (Air Transport Pilot Licence); and AVAT13009 Meteorology (Air Transport Pilot Licence).
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2023
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator Observation
Practice Exams will improve students' success in CASA exam
CASA Practice Exams are to be included.
- Interpret large aircraft performance data
- Analyse critically appropriate route, altitude, and aerodromes using forecast meteorological conditions
- Prepare a load and trim sheet for a large transport aircraft
- Prepare a large aircraft Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan including navigation plan, fuel plan, and load sheet
- Exercise judgement in the flight planning process for large transport aircraft.
N/A
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading for the Air Transport Pilot
- Edition: 2002 (2002)
- Aviation Theory Centre
- Australia
- ISBN: 187553736-8
- Binding: Paperback
Boeing 727 Performance and Operating Handbook
- Edition: 2001 (2001)
- Air-Services Australia (CASA)
- ISBN: 0644038136
- Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.overton@cqu.edu.au
a.ranganathan@cqu.edu.au
d.drury@cqu.edu.au
Week 1- Introduction and Basic Concepts
Begin Date: 10 Jul 2023Module/Topic
Advanced altimetry, airspeed, temperature and time
Jeppesen CR3 Navigation Computer
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 17 Jul 2023Module/Topic
Aeroplane Performance
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 24 Jul 2023Module/Topic
Take-Off Performance
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 31 Jul 2023Module/Topic
Enroute Performance
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Landing Performance
Begin Date: 07 Aug 2023Module/Topic
Descent considerations
Landing runway limitations
Landing climb limitations: approach and landing climb performance
Brake energy and quick-turnaround limitations
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 3
B727 Performance and Operating Handbook, Section 4
CAO 20.7.1B
Events and Submissions/Topic
ETP, PNR, and other considerations
Begin Date: 14 Aug 2023Module/Topic
Equi-Time Point (ETP)
Point Of No Return (PNR)
Introduction to flight planning operational factors, including fuel policy and suitable/acceptable aerodromes
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapters 4 & 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 21 Aug 2023Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Flight Planning Fundamentals
Begin Date: 28 Aug 2023Module/Topic
Flight planning limiting factors: takeoff, landing, ZFW, cruise, and abnormal limitations
Flight planning flow
Estimating Mid Zone Weight (EMZW)
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapters 6 & 7
B727 Performance and Operating Handbook
Events and Submissions/Topic
Basic Flight Plans
Begin Date: 04 Sep 2023Module/Topic
Flight planning - takeoff limited
Flight planning - landing limited
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 7
B727 Performance and Operating Handbook
Events and Submissions/Topic
Abnormal Flight Plans
Begin Date: 11 Sep 2023Module/Topic
Flight planning - depressurized operations
Flight planning - OEI operations
Resolving DP/OEI restrictions during preflight planning
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapters 6 & 7
B727 Performance and Operating Handbook
Events and Submissions/Topic
Other Flight Planning Problems
Begin Date: 18 Sep 2023Module/Topic
Other flight planning considerations: maximum payload, step climbs, holding, and alternates
In-flight re-planning
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 7
B727 Performance and Operating Handbook
Events and Submissions/Topic
Aircraft Loading Basics
Begin Date: 25 Sep 2023Module/Topic
Loading terminology
Discussion of Training & Examination Workbook
B727 Load and Trim Sheet overview
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 8
CASA Training & Examination Workbook for ATPL Weight & Balance
Events and Submissions/Topic
More Load and Trim Sheet Problems
Begin Date: 02 Oct 2023Module/Topic
B727 Load and Trim Sheet problems
Chapter
Aeroplane Performance, Planning & Loading, Chapter 8
CASA Training & Examination Workbook for ATPL Weight & Balance
Events and Submissions/Topic
Revision
Begin Date: 09 Oct 2023Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Period
Begin Date: 16 Oct 2023Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Simon Overton is the Lecturer for this unit.
email : s.overton@cqu.edu.au
1 Online Quiz(zes)
This online quiz will test your understanding of the underlying concepts discussed so far, including takeoff, enroute and landing performance, and up to and including PNRs & ETPs.
1
Other
Week 6 Monday (21 Aug 2023) 11:45 pm AEST
Details of date and time will be promulgated by Week 2.
Week 8 Monday (4 Sept 2023)
This quiz is weighted at 40% of your final grade.
Any material from weeks 1 to 5 may be assessed. The quiz will consist of multiple choice questions, and will test your underlying understanding of core concepts.
In particular, you will be assessed on your ability to:
- identify performance limitations
- calculate performance in given conditions
- interpret the effect a given factor will have on performance
- identify the meaning of common heavy aircraft concepts
- discuss and calculate an ETP or PNR
- Interpret large aircraft performance data
- Analyse critically appropriate route, altitude, and aerodromes using forecast meteorological conditions
- Prepare a load and trim sheet for a large transport aircraft
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
Examination
Calculator - non-programmable, no text retrieval, silent only
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