UK CAA ATPL(A) theory

Spend your revision time on what you keep getting wrong.

Original practice questions for all 13 ATPL(A) subjects, timed mock papers, and a planner that brings your mistakes back at the right moment.

Open the practice desk See how it works

The practice desk is an early beta with 699 questions, with a full-length practice paper for every subject. It runs in your browser and needs no account.

Subject readiness

EXAMPLE DATA
not a real student

031

Mass and Balance

88% · Pass level

010

Air Law

79% · Pass level

050

Meteorology

66% · Close

032

Performance

63% · Close

062

Radio Navigation

41% · Needs work

75% pass mark. Each subject shows the band in words as well as colour.

How the planner works

A missed question comes back on a schedule, not by chance.

Answer wrong and the question returns tomorrow. Get it right again and the gap grows. These are the actual intervals the practice desk uses today.

TodayFirst attempt

1 dayIf you missed it

3 daysSecond pass

7 daysThird pass

16 daysFourth pass

35 daysHeld in memory

Today's plan

Each day the home screen lists mistakes to fix, reviews that are due and your weakest topics, and a smart session mixes in new material.

Readiness by subject

See each subject against the 75% pass mark, with the topics dragging it down listed underneath. A band appears once you have seen 20 questions in that subject.

Timed mocks

Sit a full-length paper in exam conditions, or choose your own length and a timer from 5 minutes to 3 hours. Review every answer afterwards.

Syllabus

All 13 subjects, filtered by official syllabus topic.

Topics follow the EASA ATPL(A) syllabus codes, so you can drill 031 05 or 062 06 directly. The beta bank holds 699 questions, enough for a full-length paper in every subject, and covers every syllabus topic. It is still growing.

010Air Law

021Airframe, Systems, Powerplant

022Instrumentation

031Mass and Balance

032Performance

033Flight Planning and Monitoring

040Human Performance

050Meteorology

061General Navigation

062Radio Navigation

070Operational Procedures

081Principles of Flight

090Communications

What you are getting

What is checked, and what is not yet.

Original questionsEvery question is written for SimplyATPL. They are not the CAA exam questions and do not claim to predict them.

Answers from the manualsWhere a question uses CAP 696, 697 or 698, the answer was checked against the CAP text, and calculations were recomputed.

Independent reviewAnswer keys have not yet been reviewed by a second qualified person. Report anything that looks wrong from inside the practice desk.

Charts and figuresManual-based questions name the CAP 696, 697 or 698 figure or table to use. The pages themselves are not reproduced, so you need your own copy of the manuals. There are no Jeppesen questions.

Price

Free while it is in testing.

There is nothing to pay and nothing to sign up for. If paid plans are added later, they will be announced here first, and nothing will be charged without your clear agreement.

Feedback

Tell us what to fix.

Found a wrong answer, an unclear question or a missing topic? Press "Report a problem with this question" in the practice desk. It copies the details for you to paste into the feedback form. The form does not ask for your email address.

Questions

Before you start

Are these the real CAA exam questions?

No. Every question is original. They practise the same syllabus topics, but they are not copies of the exam and we make no claim about what appears on the day.

Will this get me through the exams?

No product can promise that. The readiness view shows how you are doing on the questions here against the 75% pass mark, which is a guide to where to revise next.

Where is my progress stored?

In the beta, in your own browser on your own device. Accounts that sync across devices come with the full launch.

Do I need the CAP manuals?

For manual-based questions, yes. Use your own copy of the CAP figure named in the question.