Unit Synopsis
This unit provides the operation, performance and planning theory, and the human performance and limitations theory, required by commercial pilot students wishing to undertake the CASA CPL examination. Topics covered include the aerodromes and ALA's, takeoff and landing Performance, climb, cruise and descent performance, weight and balance consideration, and the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Echo Loading Systems, and airspace consideration, weather Consideration, topography consideration, aircraft performance, flight plan preparation and submission, and basic health and fitness, hyperventilation, atmospheric pressure changes, anatomy of the ear, vision, illusions, motion sickness, hypoxia, and first aid and survival. In addition to the recommended printed materials, students must obtain current charts (WAC, ERC-L, VTC) and current documents (ERSA). The documentation is available from Air Services Australia in Melbourne or at select flight schools throughout Australia.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: AVAT 11001 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 2. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 4. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 5. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 6. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 7. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 8. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 9. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 10. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 11. Written Assessment | 30% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2016 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 75.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 52.17% response rate.
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.
Source: Have Your Say
First quizzes seem to start well after the course delivery. Later quizzes seemed a little compressed. Not sure about the practicality of group work assignments for distant students
Reflect on the design of the group assignment
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Determine the safe and legal use for aerodrome or aeroplane landing areas (ALA) for take off and landing of an aircraft
- Calculate take-off and landing requirements using the Take-Off Performance Chart and Landing Performance Chart in ISA conditions
- Determine weight limits for maximum aeroplane climb performance and calculate power and velocity parameters to achieve minimum legal and safe performance for take off and climb out
- Determine maximum aeroplane climb performance, including calculation power, velocity, best angle of climb, rate of climb and cruise climb
- Evaluate Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Echo loading systems for maximum fuel load and payload return
- Prepare and submit a flight plan
- Evaluate impact of human factors on safety, including other aircrew and passengers and determine appropriate responses
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 4 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 5 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 6 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 7 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | ||||||
| 11 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |