A repetitive flight plan (RPL) is filed for a scheduled flight: Paris-Orly to Angouleme, Paris-Orly as alternate. Following heavy snow falls, Angouleme airport will be closed at the expected time of arrival. The airline decides before departure to plan a re-routing of that flight to Limoges:

• The pilot-in-command must advise ATC of his intention to divert to Limoges at least 15 minutes before the planned time of arrival

• The airline's "Operations" Department has to transmit a change in the RPL at the ATC office, at least half an hour before the planned time of departure

• It is not possible to plan another destination and the flight has to be simply cancelled that day (scheduled flight and not chartered)

• The RPL must be cancelled for that day and a specific flight plan has to be filed

Which of the following statements regarding filing a flight plan is correct?

• A. A flying college can file repetitive flight plan for VFR flights

• B. Any flight plan should be filed at least 10 minutes before departure

• C. A flight plan should be filed when a national FIR boundary will be crossed

• D. In case of flow control the flight plan should be filed at least three hours in advance of the time of departure

A "current flight plan" is a:

• Flight plan in the course of which radio communication should be practiced between airplane and ATC

• Filed flight plan

• Flight plan with the correct time of departure

• Filed flight plan with amendments and clearance included

An aircraft has a maximum certificated take-off mass of 137000 kg but is operating at take-off mass 135000 kg. In Item 9 of the ATS flight plan its wake turbulence category is:

• Medium plus "M+"

• Heavy/medium "H/M"

• Medium "M"

• Heavy "H"

For the purposes of Item 9 (Wake turbulence category) of the ATS flight plan, an aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass of 62000 kg is:

• Unclassified "U"

• Heavy "H"

• Light "L"

• Medium "M"

When completing an ATS flight plan, an elapsed time (Item 16) of 1 h 55 minutes should be entered as:

• A. 0115

• B. 1H55

• C. 115M

• D. 0155

When completing an ATS flight plan for a European destination, clock times are to be expressed in:

• Central European Time

• Local mean time

• Local standard time

• UTC

In the ATS flight plan, for a non-scheduled flight which of the following letters should be entered in Item 8 (Type of Flight):

• N

• N/S

• G

• X

In the ATS flight plan item 15, it is necessary to enter any point at which a change of cruising speed takes place. For this purpose, a "change of speed" is defined as:

• 20 km per hour or 0.1 Mach or more

• 10 % TAS or 0.05 Mach or more

• 5% TAS or 0.01 Mach or more

• 20 knots or 0.05 Mach or more

In the ATS flight plan item 15, when entering a route for which standard departure (SID) and standard arrival (STAR) procedures exist:

• Both should be entered in the ATS plan where appropriate

• SIDs should be entered but not STARs

• STARs should be entered but not SIDs

• Neither SID nor STAR should be entered