Upgrade your Commercial Pilot License to Frozen ATPL in 4 Easy Steps

Upgrade your Commercial Pilot License to Frozen ATPL in 4 Easy Steps

Air Transport Pilots License (ATPL)

To operate as a First or Second officer on a commercial airliner the minimum qualification (license) you must hold is a “Frozen Air Transport Pilots License” with a Type Rating specific to the aircraft you are employed to operate and a class one medical.

Here we guide you how to get your Frozen ATPL in no time:

Step 1:  Get enrolled with Asian Academy of Aeronautics:

Fill out this application and get your offer letter

Asian Academy of Aeronautics has helped 100s of CPL holders to obtain their Frozen ATPL by allowing them to self-study. This prevents any job / flight schedule interruption for working pilots.

Step 2: Once you are enrolled with AAA, you will be provided with the ATPL distance, digital study pack.

Step 3: Set your EASA – CAAi ATPL examination through below link:

Maldives CAAi (EASA) e-Examination Portal

*Exam fee can be paid to AAA and they will process your payment through their system.

Examination fee $2,140 + Enrollment fee $275 (No hidden charges)

Step 4: Arrive and complete your exams at the AAA exam centre in Addu, Gan International Airport.

• No mock exams
• No sign off fee
• No hidden charges

You must have also of passed the following twelve ATPL theoretical examinations with a pass mark of 75% or greater:

1. Aircraft General Knowledge
   • Airframe/Systems/Powerplant
   • Instrumentation
2. Flight Performance and Planning
   • Mass and Balance
   • Performance,
   • Flight Planning and Monitoring,
3. Human Performance and Limitations
4. Meteorology
5. Navigation
   • General Navigation
   • Radio Navigation
6. Principles of Flight
7. Communications
   • VFR Communication
   • IFR Communication

• Unless otherwise determined in this Part, an applicant has successfully completed the required theoretical knowledge examination for the appropriate pilot license or rating when he/she has passed all the required examination papers within a period of 18 months counted from the end of the calendar month when the applicant first attempted an examination.
• If an applicant has failed to pass one of the theoretical knowledge examination papers within 4 attempts or has failed to pass all papers within either 6 sittings or the period mentioned in the above paragraph, he/she shall retake the complete set of examination papers. One sitting is considered as 10 days.

The license will be issued by Maldivian Civil Aviation Authority (EASA Based) on behalf of the European Aviation Safety Agency. And license is also accepted in other regions (all the ICAO States) subject to license conversion.

The frozen ATPL becomes “unfrozen” i.e. a full ATPL, when you have completed a total of 1500 hours total flying time, of which 500 hours must be multi crew environment i.e. flown in an aircraft which requires both a captain and first officer. You must be aged 21 or over for the license to be unfrozen.