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title: "FCL.515 ATPL – Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations — Part-FCL · Avioverse"
description: "Course. Applicants for an ATPL shall have completed a training course at an ATO."
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# FCL.515 ATPL – Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations

ANNEX I (Part-FCL) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

IR Implementing rule

## FCL.515 ATPL – Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations

(a) Course.

Applicants for an ATPL shall have completed a training course at an ATO. The course shall be either an integrated training course or a modular course, in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Annex (Part-FCL).

(b) Examination.

Applicants for the issue of an ATPL shall demonstrate a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted in the following subjects:

(1) air law;

(2) [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) general knowledge — airframe/systems/power plant;

(3) aircraft general knowledge — instrumentation;

(4) mass and balance;

(5) performance;

(6) flight planning and monitoring;

(7) human performance;

(8) meteorology;

(9) general navigation;

(10) radio navigation;

(11) operational procedures;

(12) principles of flight; and

(13) communications.;

IR · FCL.515 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Regulation (EU) 2018/1974 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 25 Nov 2025

[All rules in SUBPART F – AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LICENCE – ATPL](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-f)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 25 Nov 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.