Restricted Radio Telephony Course

The Restricted Radio Licence theoretical knowledge examination shall consist of a single examination conducted by the Authority.

Deal Alliance will prepare you for this exam over a period of three full days.

The syllabus, which can be found in Appendix 1.5 on the CAA website, CATS 61, covers the following knowledge base:

Classification of Airspaces
Altimeter Setting Procedures
ATC Flight Plans
Radio technical
Practical use of VHF installation
Terminology
Radio procedure
Communications failure
Distress and Urgency messages.

Once you have passed the SA CAA written exam, Deal Alliance can be enlisted to assist you with your practical test with an approved Radio Designated Examiner.

Control tower to a 747: “United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o’clock, three miles, Eastbound.”
United 239: “Approach, I’ve always wanted to say this… I’ve got the little Fokker in sight.”

Approach Controller