Institute of Technology Carlow Curriculum

Rolling, Yawing, Pitching, Power Adjustment, Mixture Adjustment.

Cooperation, Leadership and management skills, situation awareness, decision making.

Take-Off, Climb, Cruise, Descend, Landing, Short field landing,

demonstrate attitudes and behaviours appropriate to the safe conduct of flight, including recognising and managing potential threats and errors; perform dispatch duties; provide flight crew and cabin crew briefings; perform pre-flight checks anmanage abnormal and emergency situationsd cockpit preparation: perform engine start, perform taxi out: communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company

Lookout, Aircraft Management, Radio procedures, Cockpit management, scanning instruments.

Take-off and predeparture preparation; perform take-off roll; perform transition to instrument flight rules; perform initial climb to flap retraction altitude; perform rejected take-off; perform navigation; manage abnormal and emergency situations;

Stalls, Simulated single engine failure, slow flight, loss of communication procedures. Stalls with and without power, instrument failure, Adverse weather procedures, abnormal attitude recovery, critical attitudes.

SID, complete climb procedures and checklists; modify climb speeds, rate of climb and cruise altitude; perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations; communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company;

VFR Navigation, Cross Country. IFR Cross Country, Holding patterns, Circling, distance to a Navaid station, SID, STAR.

Monitor navigation accuracy; monitor flight progress; perform descent and approach planning; perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations; communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company;

Orientation, Relative bearing, Homing, Station passage, QDM/QDR concept and practice, Limitations, Holding patterns, Type of holdings, Different holding entries (EM-30 / EM-31), Wind drift correction techniques, ADF approaches

Initiate and manage descent; monitor and perform en route and descent navigation; monitor and perform en route and descent navigation; perform holding; perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations; communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company;

Orientation and interpretation, Concept, demonstration and practice of radial, heading and course, Station passage, TO/FROM concept and practice, Limitations.

Execute approach according to procedures and situation; perform precision approach; perform non-precision approach; perform approach with visual reference to ground; monitor the flight progress; perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations; perform missed approach and goaround; communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company;

Concept of position fixing and radio fixing, Demonstration and practice with two lines of position fixing, Relationship among OBS/HEADING/CDI, in the different phases of the holding entries.

Land the aircraft; Perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations.

ILS, CDI versus localizer

Perform taxiing and parking; perform aircraft post-flight operation; perform systems operations and procedures; manage abnormal and emergency situations; communicate with cabin crew, passengers and company.

IFR Cross Country, Holding patterns, Circling, distance to a Navaid station, SID, STAR

The components of the TEM model; Threats, Errors, Undesired aircraft states; Countermeasures;

Cockpit management, scanning instruments