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ATPL Operational Procedures: what it covers and how to study it

Operational Procedures (subject 070) covers the day-to-day rules and procedures of airline flying: the operations manual, fuel policy, winter operations, emergencies and the carriage of dangerous goods.

By Matthew Dowell, airline training captain and Chief Flight Instructor. A revision guide, not approved by any regulator. Your training organisation sets the syllabus and exam rules, and regulations always take precedence.

What the Operational Procedures paper covers

• The operations manual and its structure
• Fuel policy and fuel planning
• Winter operations and contaminated runways
• Emergency and abnormal procedures
• Dangerous goods

Where students find it hard

The paper is wide and detailed, and questions ask for exact conditions and limits. Students find it dry because it is a lot of recall, and they can lose marks on details of procedures they have not used in practice.

How to study Operational Procedures

• Group the content by phase of flight so the procedures have a logical order.
• Learn the reason behind each rule, because it is easier to remember than the number alone.
• Test yourself regularly, since this subject rewards repetition.

The Mastering ATPL book for this subject

The Mastering ATPL Operational Procedures book is available on Amazon and through the Other stores links.

Mastering ATPL · Subject 070

Operational Procedures

Operations manual, fuel, winter operations, emergencies and dangerous goods.

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How this book is organised

The book follows the topics listed above, in turn, starting with the operations manual and its structure; fuel policy and fuel planning; winter operations and contaminated runways, so you can see which part of the paper you are covering at any point. It is a complete revision guide and question bank built on the full published learning objectives for the subject, and it ends with a mock examination weighted as the real one. Work through a section, test yourself on it, and keep the mock examination for the end, under timed conditions.

Related subjects

• ATPL Air Law
• ATPL Communications
• ATPL Radio Navigation
• ATPL Principles of Flight

See also: all 13 ATPL subjects and 14 study guides · how the EASA ATPL exams work · what order to study and sit the papers · Operational Procedures in the airline technical interview.