Flight Planning & Monitoring (ICAO 033): The Global ATPL Ground Study Manual

YOUR ATPL EXAM PATTERN HAS CHANGED. Switch to a modern Flight Planning manual built for the new pattern — the most up-to-date theory, charts and worked methods, mapped to every major regulator.

This 394-page full-colour manual takes you from first principles to exam-ready across the complete ICAO 033 syllabus, with deep, fully-decoded coverage of the topics candidates find hardest.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• 18 chapters — fuel policy, the navigation log (PLOG), charts, airspace & ATS routes, the ICAO flight plan, meteorology, Point of Equal Time & Point of No Return, piston and jet cruise performance, integrated tables, mass & payload-range, NOTAMs & AIS, in-flight monitoring/re-planning, computerised flight planning & EFB, and a full end-to-end worked flight plan.

• 833 worked exam-style MCQs with full explanations.

• 34 original full-colour charts and diagrams.

• Full decoding tables — METAR & TAF (with validity), the complete NOTAM format and Q-code, unusual/special NOTAMs (GNSS outage, volcanic ash, SNOWTAM, drone, laser), and the Global Reporting Format (GRF): RWYCC, RCAM and the 2021 SNOWTAM decoded field-by-field.

• "Which box contains what" — the ICAO flight-plan form item-by-item, plus a manual-vs-electronic flight-planning demonstration and a CFP printout decoded box-by-box.

• Memory tables, formula shortcuts and mnemonics throughout.

EVERY REGULATOR, ONE BOOK

Mapped to ICAO, EASA, UK CAA, FAA and DGCA, with the latest 2024–2026 updates researched in. Works for EASA ATPL theory, the Indian DGCA papers, the FAA tests, or a Gulf / Asia-Pacific conversion.

WHO IT'S FOR

Student pilots and cadets preparing ATPL or CPL Flight Planning; ground instructors; and qualified pilots refreshing flight planning for a type rating or conversion.

Fixed-layout, full-colour — best viewed on a tablet (iPad or Android). Includes detailed Contents and full chapter/section bookmarks.

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