Training

ATPL theory

Fourteen subjects, two blocks, two formats: six hundred and fifty hours in the classroom in Charleroi, or a distance programme paced to your rhythm. Area 100 KSA included in both.

The ATPL(A) theory course prepares for the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority exams across fourteen subjects in two blocks. Block A starts in February, Block B in September. The course is taught in the classroom in Charleroi from Monday to Friday, or by distance learning with sixty-five hours of mandatory attendance.

Two formats

In the classroom in Charleroi, Monday to Friday, 9 to 12 and 13:30 to 16:30. Two three-month blocks, one starting in February, the other in September, in the order of your choice.

By distance learning, on our platform: slide decks, question banks, free pacing. Sixty-five hours of classroom attendance remain mandatory, and the whole comes to less than half the price of the classroom course.

Block A

  • Flight planning and monitoring
  • Mass and balance
  • Performance
  • General navigation
  • Radio navigation
  • Principles of flight
  • Human performance and limitations

Block B

  • Airframe, systems and powerplant
  • Instrumentation and electronics
  • Air law
  • Meteorology
  • Operational procedures
  • VFR communications
  • IFR communications

Exams

The exam is taken on computer at the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority in Brussels, in two parts — the second within six months of passing the first. 75% is required in each of the fourteen subjects.

Duration

650 h in the classroom, or at your pace by DLS

Prerequisites

Hold at least a PPL

Language

English

Exam

BCAA, Brussels — 75% per subject

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Prices

Description Price incl. VAT
Option 1 — classroom course
650 h ground course — Block A (February) and Block B (September) €3,450 per block. Area 100 KSA included. €6,900
PadPilot manuals (App Store rate) €559.84
General Student Pilot Route Manual EASA €135
Option 1 total €7,594.84
Option 2 — Distance Learning
Distance learning programme — 65 h classroom included Area 100 KSA included. €3,500
PadPilot manuals (App Store rate) €559.84
General Student Pilot Route Manual EASA €135
Option 2 total €4,194.84

Rates effective from 1 January 2026.

Not included

  • Not included: theoretical examination at the Civil Aviation Authority.