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About Aircrew Exams | PPL(A) Online Ground School Tutoring

Aircrew Exams provides one-on-one online PPL(A) ground school tutoring for private pilot licence students studying under the UK CAA, EASA, GCAA and other major aviation authority syllabi.

The service exists because most PPL students are expected to self-study subjects that genuinely require explanation. Question banks show you the correct answer. Textbooks give you the theory. Neither tells you why a concept works the way it does, or where your specific understanding is breaking down. That is what a tutor is for.

Sessions are delivered live over Google Meet using a dedicated workstation, iPad for real-time drawing, and a custom on-screen CRP-1W flight computer. There is no pre-recorded content. Every session is built around the student in front of us.

Self-study students hitting a wall

You have been working through a question bank and your mock scores have plateaued. You can get the easy questions right but the applied and calculation questions are inconsistent. A targeted session identifies exactly where the logic is breaking down.

Students whose flight school expects self-teaching

Many UK and European flight schools provide minimal ground school support and expect students to cover theory independently. If you have been handed a textbook and told to get on with it, structured 1-on-1 tutoring fills that gap.

Students who keep failing one subject

Navigation, Meteorology and Flight Planning are the subjects most students fail more than once. If you have sat a paper two or three times and cannot work out what you are missing, a subject intensive session covers the full syllabus from first principles.

Students preparing for their first attempt

If you want to go into an exam having genuinely understood the subject rather than memorised answers, the 3-hour intensive sessions build that foundation systematically.

  1. Book a session Choose a 1-hour targeted session for a specific topic or a 3-hour intensive for a full subject. Booking is through Cal.com — you pick a time that works for you.
  2. Join on Google Meet Sessions run live over Google Meet. No software to install. You need a stable internet connection and, for Whizz Wheel sessions, your CRP-1W, a calculator and some paper.
  3. Work through the material The session is built around your specific gaps, not a fixed script. We identify where the understanding is breaking down and fix it directly, using live diagrams, worked examples and the on-screen flight computer where relevant.
  4. Continue with confidence You leave with a clear understanding of the topic, not just the correct answers. That foundation holds up when the exam presents questions in an unfamiliar format.

Sessions are mapped to the core scientific principles shared across all major aviation authority syllabi. The physics of flight, meteorology and navigation do not change based on your licence issuer.

  • UK CAA PPL(A)
  • EASA PPL(A)
  • GCAA PPL(A)
  • ICAO-aligned syllabi including DGCA and SACAA