Frequently asked questions

Two PDFs that simulate a mock oral: a questions-only version to quiz yourself and a separate answer key. Each guide also covers real-world scenarios, common checkride weak spots and mistakes, and each single-rating guide comes with a guided study plan. Browse the study guides.

Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine, CFI, CFII and MEI, at $19.99 each. Every guide is aligned with the standards for its rating: the ACS, or the PTS for CFII. Doing Commercial and Multi-Engine at the same time? The Commercial-Multi guide ($32.99) covers both in one set; it doesn’t carry the pass guarantee, which the separate Commercial and Multi-Engine guides do.

The oral. The guides help you practice explaining and applying what you know the way an examiner will ask it, rather than multiple-choice written-test practice, alongside your ground school, flight training and instructor. For CFI, CFII and MEI, the guide covers the questions you’ll be quizzed on and explains what you’ll teach versus be quizzed on. Practice the teaching portions out loud; our lesson plans help you build them.

Not all of them; no examiner asks everything, and each asks differently. Each guide is built from an examiner’s point of view and breaks down every topic in your rating’s ACS (PTS for CFII), so you’ll have practiced the areas they can draw from.

Each single-rating guide includes a guided study plan: 3 weeks for Private, Instrument, Commercial and Multi-Engine, and 1 week for CFI, CFII and MEI. Short on time? Run the questions PDF as a mock oral, check yourself against the answer key, and spend your remaining days on what you missed.

Keep them and use this alongside. The guides are a no-fluff reference built around your rating’s standards, with a questions-only PDF to drill yourself and emailed updates, so you can check what you can actually explain before the oral.

They’re built on the FAA’s ACS and PTS, so they’re made for FAA checkrides. If you’re testing under another authority, such as Transport Canada or EASA, the standards and questions will differ.

Editable PDF lesson plans with a step-by-step structure: what the student needs to know, the points to emphasize, real-world scenarios, questions to ask your student and a summary of key takeaways. You also get student worksheets with answers, and some lessons come in PowerPoint too.

CFI ($75) covers Private, Commercial and FOI lessons. CFII ($49.99) covers Instrument and FOI, and MEI ($49.99) covers multi-engine lessons. Add two or more and 12% comes off automatically, or get all three as a set for $149.99. See the lesson plans.

Both. They’re built for CFI applicants preparing their lessons and for instructors who want more structure. They’re ACS/PTS-aligned and editable, so you can add your own examples and tailor the details to the airplane you fly.

The lesson plans help you build and teach your lessons. The CFI, CFII and MEI checkride study guides help you practice the questions you’ll be asked on the oral, with a separate answer key. They’re sold separately, and you save 10% automatically when you add an individual lesson plan set together with the CFI, CFII or MEI study guide.

It’s our online supplemental ground school, and it works on any device. It explains every ground topic of the ACS for Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine and CFI in plain English, with video and PDF lessons. Bonus courses cover FAA medicals, written exam prep, study strategies, radio calls and interview prep.

$19.99 a month on Whop, after a 3-day free trial. Cancel anytime; you keep full access as long as your membership is active. Start your free trial.

The study guides are PDFs you keep that simulate your oral exam, with questions and an answer key. Pilot Prep is a membership that teaches the topics behind those questions, with video and PDF explanations. You can use both: Pilot Prep to learn it, the guide to practice explaining it.

No. It’s a supplemental ground school you study on your own schedule: there are no scheduled class meetings, and it doesn’t provide endorsements. Your instructor handles your knowledge-test and checkride endorsements.

Sign in to Whop, open Profile, then Orders, select your membership and choose Cancel membership. Whop generally keeps your access until the end of the period you’ve already paid for. To avoid being charged after the free trial, cancel before the 3 days are up.

Nope. Whether you’re just starting or already training, you’re welcome.

Study guides and lesson plans are digital, so nothing ships. Your files are generally delivered right after a successful payment, though a payment or fraud check can briefly delay them. Download links can expire, so save your files once you have them.

Give it up to 30 minutes, then check your spam and promotions folders and the inbox you used at checkout. Still nothing? Contact us with your order number and purchase email and we’ll help you get access.

Yes. They’re PDFs, not a printed book, so you can open them on your computer, tablet or phone with a compatible PDF reader. Save your copies after downloading so they’re always handy.

Yes, updates are included. When a guide or lesson plan is revised, the new version is emailed to you, so buy with an email address you check and save the newest version when it arrives.

No, sorry. Each purchase is for one person, so files and logins can’t be passed on or used as a group or school library.

Yes: the Starter bundle (Private, Instrument, Commercial) is $45 and the Complete bundle (Private, Instrument, Commercial, Multi-Engine, CFI) is $75. For instructors, the CFI, CFII and MEI bundle is $45. Each costs less than buying its guides one by one, even after the automatic 15% multi-guide discount (about $51 for three guides, $85 for five). See the bundles.

Yes. Add two or more individual checkride study guides to your cart and 15% comes off automatically, no code needed. It applies to the seven $19.99 guides (Private through MEI), not to the bundles or the Commercial-Multi guide. If your cart also qualifies for a lesson-plan saving, the cart applies whichever combination saves you more.

Yes, automatically in your cart: 12% off two or more lesson plan sets (CFI, CFII, MEI), and 10% off when you pair instructor lesson plans with the CFI, CFII or MEI study guides. Or get all three lesson plan sets together for $149.99.

Not with the multi-guide 15%, and most of our codes can’t be combined with the lesson-plan savings either. Your cart shows the final price before you pay.

No. The VFR and Instrument Radio Call Cheat Sheets are $4.99 each and sold separately. See radio call help.

Yes, on study guides and study guide bundles whose listing shows “Pass your checkride 1st try, or your money back.” It applies to your first official FAA practical test for that certificate or rating, and you must buy before that attempt; mock orals, stage checks, end-of-course checks, knowledge tests and retests don’t count.

The refund is what you actually paid for that guide (for a bundle, that rating’s share). Read the full terms.

Within 30 calendar days of that first attempt, email airlinesonautopilot@gmail.com with the subject “Pass Guarantee Request”. Include:

• your name and purchase email
• your order number
• the certificate or rating and test date
• a copy of your Notice of Disapproval

Black out your certificate number, FTN, date of birth and home address first.

Because they’re digital, purchases are final once your files are delivered. The refund policy lists the exceptions, such as a duplicate charge, a payment error, files we couldn’t deliver, or a guarantee shown on the listing (like the pass guarantee, or the radio call cheat sheets’ money-back guarantee). See the refund policy.

Cancelling stops future renewals, but it doesn’t refund the current billing period, and we generally don’t give prorated refunds for unused time. Renewed by accident? Contact us within 48 hours; if you haven’t used it since the renewal, we may consider a refund as a courtesy. You can also request a refund from your order in Whop.

Ava (@pilot.avabelle), an airline pilot and E175 simulator instructor. Before the airlines she was a lead flight instructor and check airman at the University of North Dakota, where she administered 100+ certificate-granting checkrides and trained 40+ students with a 100% oral checkride pass rate. Meet Ava.

No. They’re supplemental study resources, not official FAA publications or an FAA-approved course, and AOA isn’t affiliated with the FAA. Use them alongside current FAA references and your instructor’s guidance.

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