2011 Airline Transport Pilot
2011 Instructor Rating
2012 Instrument Rating
2011 Instrument Rating
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While we strive to eliminate any errors in our exam preparation guides, some do slip through occasionally. If you find something that you think is a mistake, please let us know so that we can correct it in the next edition, and post the errata here so that everyone can see it.
Airline Transport Pilot Exam Prep. Guide 2011
Note that all errata from the 2010 edition has been corrected in the 2011 edition.
Flight Operations, section 3.1
Page 77, Weight addition or removal: The formula given is actually for calculating the new center of gravity position, NOT the amount of shift in the center of gravity. This change is shown more clearly in this diagram: CG formula error, page 77 (PDF, 187 Kb)
Flight Operations, section 3.2
Question 4: The correct answer is d). See details of the calculation in this file: CG calculation error, Q4 (PDF, 10 Kb)
Question 42: The question is missing the necessary headwind or tailwind information that is required in order to use the Long Range Cruise graph in Appendix A6-i. The question should include the following information:
Wind along route: 50kt headwind
Theory of Flight, section 4.2
Question 9: The correct answer is a) 537 knots
Radio Aids, section 9.2
Question 62: The correct answer is d) 1nm off course
Question 83: The correct answer is a) 4 times
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Instructor Rating Exam Prep. Guide 2011
Air Law, section 1.1.13
Page 25: Maintaining the validity of your license:
The instrument rating recency requirements given specify that you must have completed an instrument flight test within the last 12 months AND met the 6 month recency requirements of 6 hours of instrument time and 6 instrument approaches to minimums. This should read "OR" as satisfying either of these two items will allow you to meet the recency requirements. This is described in more detail in this file: Instrument Rating Recency Requirements (PDF, 14 Kb)
Question 10: Definition of night:
The correct answer is a) The period during which the sun's disc is more than 6 degrees below the horizon
Question 34: Commercial Written Exam pass mark:
The correct answer is b) 60%
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Instrument Rating Exam Prep. Guide 2012
Note that errata from the 2011 edition has been corrected in the 2012 edition
Anatomy of an Approach Plate - Plan View, section 9.1.1.2
Page 170: 100nm safe altitude:
The description of obstacle clearance provided is incorrect. The correct definition is given elsewhere in the study guide, and is 2,000 feet of obstacle clearance in mountainous regions 1 and 5; 1,500 feet of obstacle clearance in mountainous regions 2, 3 and 4; and 1,000 feet of obstacle clearance in all non-mountainous regions.
Approach Chart Basic Questions, section 9.2
Question 6: The possible answers should be:
a)2,000 feet; in mountainous regions 1 and 5
b)1,500 feet; in mountainous regions 2, 3 and 4
c)1,000 feet; in non-mountainous regions only
d)All of the above answers are correct
The correct answer is d) All of the above answers are correct
Visual Approaches Questions, section 10.1.2
Question 2: Answer d), the correct answer, should be d) iv, v, vi, ix, xii
Sample INRAT Exam, section 14
Question 4: The correct answer is b) 12
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Instrument Rating Exam Prep. Guide 2011
Note that errata from the 2010 edition has been corrected in the 2011 edition
Altimeter Setting Procedures and Altimeter Errors Questions, section 3.2
Question 2: The correct answer is d) Be set to the airport altimeter setting just prior to final descent for landing.
NDB, ADF & RMI Questions, section 5.1.2
Question 21: Answer b) should be 210 degrees.
VOR and VOT Keynotes, section 5.2.1
Page 57: VOR display indications:
The VOR images show incorrect displays given their position relative to the VOR and radial 020. The corrected diagram is shown in this file: VOR Display Indications (PDF, 225 Kb)
Approach Chart Basic Questions, section 9.2
Question 28: The correct answer is d) The first 1/3 of the runway or 3,000 feet whichever is the lesser
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