Ace Your Checkride
The Airman Certification Standards (ACS) defines your checkride. Answers to the ACS addresses it directly with clarity, structure, and depth.
Created by a 15+ year CFI, airline pilot, & former aircraft design engineer.
Clarity
Checkride Prep, Done Right
Your checkride is based entirely on the FAA’s Airman Certification Standards (ACS)— but many students don’t even know about it until their test is around the corner.
Answers to the ACS approaches it the right way: thoroughly, objectively, and in a way even examiners respect. That’s what makes it perfect for flight training and not just last-minute studying.
All of this comes together in our app, designed not just to pass your checkride, but to become a safe and proficient pilot.
Structure
Built Like the ACS
The ACS isn’t just something we reference—it's the foundation for how Answers to the ACS is organized.
Our detailed manuals allow you to tap the area of operation, task, and element you want to study. Our new Private Pilot Checkride Video Series ties every question and maneuver to an ACS element that’s displayed on screen.
Depth
More Than Just Gouge
Most training material is surface-level. Ours isn’t.
Answers to the ACS includes two in-depth manuals for each certificate and rating that cover every knowledge, risk, and skill element in the ACS with all sources cited.
Our new Private Pilot Checkride Video Series brings these manuals to life by showing the entire checkride process from start to finish.
See a longer preview in our app
Features
What Sets Us Apart
Fully Sourced
Answers to the ACS includes direct citations from regulations, advisory circulars, FAA legal interpretations, and more—so you’re not just giving the right answer, you can show where it comes from.
The Risk Elements
We address every risk element in the ACS with real-world data - pioneering the approach and still the only one to do it with this rigor.
Oral Exam Q & A
Hundreds of examiner questions and focused answers tied directly to the ACS with explanations. What the competition does, but better.
Examiner Presentations
From the weather briefing to a cross‑country risk analysis, the ACS requires multiple examiner‑facing presentations. We walk you through each one, step by step, so nothing catches you off guard.
The Man Behind It
Built by a Pilot for Pilots
I’ve been a flight instructor for over 15 years, training students of all levels at multiple flight schools. Along the way, I’ve worked as an engineer at Cessna, a captain and simulator instructor at a regional airline, and today I fly for a major airline. But my love for teaching and general aviation has always stayed at the center of it all.
I’ve seen where students struggle, the tools instructors wish they had, and what examiners really expect. I built Answers to the ACS to bridge those gaps—to give pilots the structure, clarity, and confidence they deserve.
Results
From Stress to Success
Whether you’re an applicant preparing, a CFI teaching, or an examiner evaluating, Answers to the ACS lays out the checkride process from every angle. See how it’s helped pilots, instructors, and examiners alike.
“Most people really stress about not being well enough prepared for their checkrides. Answers to the ACS is by far the most complete and in‑depth test prep text I have come across. It explains every knowledge, skill, and risk area that you might be tested on and will prepare you to not only make it through your oral and flight exam with ease but be well prepared to begin your piloting career!”
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