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title: "ORA.ATO.300 General — Part-ORA · Avioverse"
description: "The ATO may be approved to conduct modular course programmes using distance learning in the following cases:"
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-ora/subpart-ato/ora-ato-300"
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# ORA.ATO.300 General

ANNEX VII (Part-ORA) · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

Official sources: [EASA Easy Access Rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-rules/easy-access-rules-aircrew) · [EUR-Lex 2011/1178 (opens in a new tab)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32011R1178)

IR Implementing rule

## ORA.ATO.300 General

The ATO may be approved to conduct modular course programmes using distance learning in the following cases:

(a) modular courses of theoretical knowledge instruction;

(b) courses of additional theoretical knowledge for a class or type rating; or

(c) courses of approved pre-entry theoretical knowledge instruction for a first type rating for a multi-engined [helicopter](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/helicopter).

IR · ORA.ATO.300 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

AMC Acceptable means of compliance

## AMC1 ORA.ATO.300 General

DISTANCE LEARNING

(a) A variety of methods is open to ATOs to present course material. It is, however, necessary for ATOs to maintain comprehensive records in order to ensure that students make satisfactory academic progress and meet the time constraints laid down in Part-FCL for the completion of modular courses.

(b) The following are given as planning guidelines for ATOs developing the distance learning element of modular courses:

(1) an assumption that a student will study for at least 15 hours per week;

(2) an indication throughout the course material of what constitutes a week’s study;

(3) a recommended course structure and order of teaching;

(4) one progress test for each subject for every 15 hours of study, which should be submitted to the ATO for assessment. Additional self-assessed progress tests should be completed at intervals of five to 10 study hours;

(5) appropriate contact times throughout the course when a student can have access to an instructor by telephone, fax, email or the Internet;

(6) measurement criteria to determine whether a student has satisfactorily completed the appropriate elements of the course to a standard that, in the judgement of the HT, or CTKI, will enable them to be entered for the Part-FCL theoretical examinations with a good prospect of success;

(7) if the ATO provides the distance learning by help of IT solutions, for example the Internet, instructors should monitor students’ progress by appropriate means.

(c) Where an assessment (e.g. planning, written, scenario or practical exercise, or other assessment) is conducted outside the classroom via distance learning, the ATO should have a procedure or process in place to establish that the student themselves have completed the assessment and that the assessment method(s) for that particular exercise has (have) been effective.

AMC · AMC1 ORA.ATO.300 — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · ED Decision 2025/002/R · Aircrew Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 16 Oct 2026

[All rules in SUBPART ATO – APPROVED TRAINING ORGANISATIONS](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-ora/subpart-ato)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 16 Oct 2026, extracted 2 Nov 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.