Progress Test 1

Question 1

What does FRTOL stand for?

Answer 1

Flight Radio Telephony Operator License

Question 2

What is required for a holder to gain a FRTOL license?

Answer 2

They must pass a written and practical (oral) exam. Both passes are valid for 12 months, 24 if application is made with a PPL application.

Question 3

How long is the FRTOL license valid for?

Answer 3

This license is valid for the period of your PPL license (i.e life)

Question 4

True or False? A FRTOL license can be issued as a stand alone license.

Answer 4

True. This expires after 10 years and must be renewed by taking a practical and written tests.

Question 5

What is the minimum age to hold a FRTOL?

Answer 5

14 years old.

Question 6

The license must be issued by the same state as what?

Answer 6

Same state the aircraft that is intended to use is registered to.

Question 7

What are the FRTOL privileges limited to?

Answer 7

To the use of VHF radio only (frequencies above 60MHz) where the holder has not passed an examination in the use of HF radio theory.

Question 8

The FRTOL holder is responsible for ensuring the aircraft radio station has a valid license, who can operate an aircraft radio on the ground or in the air?

Answer 8

A FRTOL holder is the only one who can operate an aircraft radio station in the air and on the ground.

Question 9

True or False? A FRTOL holder can operate a radio station anywhere and is not limited to an aircraft.

Answer 9

False. The FRTOL holder can only operate an aircraft radio license.

Question 10

A person without a FRTOL in the UK, Chanel Islands or the Isle of Man is granted to act as an operator of a such license under what conditions (ANO article 139)?

Answer 10

1. the pilot of a balloon or glider and does not communicate by radio with ATC flight information unit or air/ground communication service unit (winch operations only)
2. being trained in an aircraft registered in the UK to perform duties of a member of a flight crew

Question 11

What documents and/or regulatory bodies can be referred to for communication law?

Answer 11

1. CAP413
2. ICAO
3. EU retained Law
4. UK ANO 2016

Question 12

True or False? the examples given in CAP413 must be the exact phrases used for communication on a radio.

Answer 12

False. The examples shown in CAP413 are examples and are intended to be representative of communications in common use.

Question 13

Can a PPL holder fly an aircraft equipped with a VHF radio if they do not hold a FRTOL?

Answer 13

It is difficult to get round the CAA with this in modern time however YES as there are historical pilots