Code: mk3ppl1r02hx17-en
ECTS Credit Points: 2
Evaluation: mid-semester grade
Year, Semester: 1st year, 1st semester
Its prerequisite(s): -
Further courses are built on it: Yes/No
Number of teaching hours/week (lecture + practice): 0+1
Topics:
The course teaches the basic knowledge of Aviation in order to assist the students to understand the key subsystems and their interrelations. The aim is to prepare the students for conducting the first flight trainings while having the relevant basic information about the environment the pilots are working in.
Part I of the course covers the following main areas and with airport and Pharmaflight training center visits give practical thorough information on:
the most important stakeholders (airline, airport, airspace, air traffic management, maintenance, training organizations), international organizations and the regulatory environment, the tasks of the individual players, the basic requirements that apply to it, airlines and airport organizational structures, their main operational documents
By conducting both Part of the course the student will have the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to carry on with the first summer flying where they have the opportunity to make an intense flight programme.
Literature:
Recommended:
- Alexander T. Wells, Ed.D. & Seth Young, Ph.D. (2011): Airport Planning and Management, 6th Edition, Isbn -13: 978-0071750240, Isbn -10: 007175024X
- Massoud Bazargan (2016): Airline Operations and Scheduling, 2nd Edition, Isbn -13: 978-0754679004, Isbn -10: 0754679004
| 1st week | 8th week |
|---|---|
| Registration week | 1st drawing week |
| 2nd week | 9th week |
| Practice: Pharmaflight Visit: The system of Aviation, stakeholders and their relationships (airline, airport, airspace, air navigation service provider, maintenance, training organizations, etc.) | Practice: Airpot Visit, Air traffic management, Atm basics, types of airspaces, air traffic rules |
| 3rd week | 10th week |
| Practice: Pharmaflight Visit, Aviation trainings, licenses, ratings (pilots, cabin crew, maintenance, air traffic control, ground officer), training organizational requirements, flight simulation training devices | Practice: Airport Visit, Air traffic services, aeronautical information, role and structure of Aip, Notam publications, flight plan, Atc permissions, Atfm, slot management |
| 4th week | 11th week |
| Practice: Pharmaflight Visit, International organizations, (icao, iata, easa, faa), their functions, duties, regulatory and supervisory powers, tasks of the national aviation authority (naa), basic communication principles with NAA | Practice: Airlines Demonstration, categories, organizational units (ops, camo, etc.), structure of flight, basic operational processes, operating models: traditional and low-cost airlines, network carrier and point-to-point carrier, hub and spoke system, global airline associations |
| 5th week | 12th week |
| Practice: Airlines Demonstration: History of Aviation, technical development stages, principle of flights, basics of areodinamics, forces, types and of characteristics of aircrafts, dimensions, controls | Practice: Airlines Demonstration, Organizational structure of the airlines, internal and external relations of organizational units, airline manuals |
| 6th week | 13th week |
| Practice: Airport Visit, Airports, design and constructions, categories, subsystems, airport services, ground handling, basic operational processes | Practice: Airlines Demonstration, Aircraft maintenance, type certificate, continuous airworthiness, airworthiness review certificate, basic documentation of maintenance, work orders, levels and types of maintenance (line, hangar, A-B-C-D check); organizational requirements, quality management; methods (Lean, 5S) |
| 7th week | 14th week |
| Practice: Airport Visit, Airport organization, The organizational structure of the airports, the operation of the airport and the relationship between the other service providers, the structure of the aerodrome manual | Practice: Airport Visit, Emergency planning, Flight accidents, categories, reporting system, investigation principles and process, competencies, goals |
| 15th week | |
| 2nd drawing week |
Requirements
A, for a signature:
Participation at practice classes is compulsory. A student must attend the practice classes and may not miss more than three times during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. A student can’t make up any practice with another group. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the practice leader. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certificate needs to be presented. Missed practice classes should be made up for at a later date, to be discussed with the tutor.
B, for grade:
The course ends in mid-semester grade based on the assessment of the instructor.