Questions about booking and exam procedures

You can find general information on the Austro Control examination website.

A session is one exam appointment at Pilot Examination Services and lasts three hours.

A sitting covers ten consecutive calendar days. Retaking an exam paper within this period starts a new sitting from the date of the retake.

The theoretical CPL/IR/CB-IR/ATPL examination, including any retakes, must be completed successfully within a maximum of six sittings.

Yes. If you started your examinations with Austro Control, you can take individual subjects with us. LAPL and PPL are exceptions: all subjects must be taken on the same day.

Switching between authorities, for example from the German Federal Aviation Office (LBA), is not possible. We only offer examinations under Austro Control.

Your ICAO licence and the associated type rating must be valid. For further information about the conversion, please contact Austro Control.

Yes. You can request changes by email until the registration deadline, and we will make the changes for you. The number of subjects per session must remain the same.

Yes. In your dashboard, select “Book an additional session” for the existing sitting. Only eligible, bookable sessions are shown. Add your chosen session to the cart and complete the booking. The sitting must contain at least one active exam reservation. All sessions in the sitting must fall within ten consecutive calendar days. Only the session fee is charged for an additional session.

No. You can permanently cancel the reservation in your dashboard. The administration fee and examination fee are not refunded. The cancellation does not count as an exam attempt.

You can only book sessions published on our website that still have available places. We do not offer individually arranged exam dates.

You may find other available dates at Austro Control or another external Austro Control examination centre.

Yes. You can choose the order of your subjects, including across multiple booked sessions. Once you start a subject, you must finish it before moving on.

Your result is displayed immediately after you finish each exam subject. Austro Control will also email your results after the examination.

Once you have passed all subjects, we will send you the signed results by post.

No. If you do not attend or do not start a booked subject on the exam day, it does not count as an attempt.

In accordance with AMC1 ARA.FCL.300, the following aids are permitted during the examination:

• a scientific, non-programmable, non-alphanumeric calculator without specific aviation functions. If required, a Texas Instruments TI-34 MultiView™ will be provided by the Examination Center.
• a non-networked (offline) electronic flight computer (e.g., ASA CX-3)
• a mechanical navigation slider (DR calculator)
• protractors
• compasses
• ruler
• a non-aviation specific, translation dictionary (non-digital)

On the advice of EASA, starting in 2027, the following documents will no longer be accepted for the theoretical pilot exam

• Jeppesen Route Manual
• CAP documents (CAP696 – Aeroplane Mass and Balance, CAP697 – Aeroplane Flight Planning, CAP698 – Aeroplane Performance, CAP758 – Helicopter) for ATPL, CPL, IR, BIR and CB-IR exams in the following subjects:
  1. 031 – Mass and balance
  2. 032 – Performance (Aeroplanes)
  3. 033 – Flight planning and monitoring
  4. 034 – Performance (Helicopter)
  5. 061 – General navigation

Please email us the address you used to register and proof of identity as a PDF, such as a passport, identity card or driving licence. We will then check your registration in our system.