Free, original exercises modelled on the task formats real airline and flight-school screening uses: instrument coordination, spatial orientation, memory, mental maths, monitoring and multitasking. Pick a skill and start, no sign-up needed.
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Each path curates these exercises into the mix and order a real selection style is documented to cover. SkyStudy is independent practice: not affiliated with any test publisher or airline, and no exercise here predicts a selection outcome.
A broad multi-aptitude route inspired by the DLR selection style.
A coordination and screening route inspired by the COMPASS style.
A tracking, spatial and pattern route inspired by the PILAPT style.
An online reasoning and monitoring route inspired by the cut-e / Aon style.
A sensorimotor and vigilance route inspired by the Vienna Test System style.
A broad, gentle starting route for ab-initio cadet selection.
Rehearse a full screening day: several exercises run back to back under one clock, then scored together with a per-section breakdown.
A quick five-part sampler across the core skills.
StartA balanced full screen: numbers, words, space, technical, checking, control.
StartPsychomotor control and doing several things at once, under time.
StartA long, full-length multi-domain session, like a real selection day.
StartA full day's cadence: ten modules, timed breaks, and a graded write-up.
StartEach exercise is modelled on a task format used in real pilot screening. Open a skill area, or search for the task you want to drill.
Mental maths, cockpit calculations and data under time pressure.
Numerical exercises train fast, accurate mental maths without a calculator. Pilot selection leans on them because fuel, time, distance and performance figures all have to be worked in your head, quickly and under pressure, on the flight deck.
Logic, abstract patterns and language accuracy.
Logical reasoning exercises measure how well you spot rules and patterns and draw valid conclusions from them. This is the fluid intelligence that lets a pilot make sense of a new system, a new procedure or an unfamiliar problem quickly.
Verbal exercises test how precisely and quickly you read, reason about and use language. Crews brief, read clearances and work through written procedures in English, so airlines screen comprehension and vocabulary, often as a non-native-speaker check too.
Rotation, folding, headings, bearings and instrument reading.
Spatial exercises test your ability to picture and manipulate objects, orientations and headings in your mind. It is one of the most flying-specific skills airlines test, because instrument interpretation, mental navigation and attitude awareness all rest on it.
Digit spans, running streams, parameters and clearances.
Memory exercises measure how much information you can hold and update over short periods. A pilot constantly carries clearances, frequencies, altitudes and headings in working memory while doing something else, so airlines test that capacity directly.
Vigilance, scanning, checking and rule-based concentration.
Attention exercises test how well you stay focused, filter distractions and notice what matters. Monitoring instruments for the one reading that has drifted, hour after hour, is core airline work, so vigilance and selective attention are screened closely.
Reaction speed plus the stick-and-rudder style tracking tasks.
Reaction-time exercises measure how fast and how accurately you respond to a signal. Raw speed matters less than making the right response, and not responding when you should not, which is why most tests pair speed with inhibition.
Psychomotor exercises test hand-eye coordination and smooth, continuous control, usually by asking you to track a moving target. They are the closest thing on a selection day to actually flying an aircraft by hand.
Several channels at once: the capacity tests selection is known for.
Multitasking exercises measure how you cope when several tasks demand attention at once. Airlines care less about doing everything perfectly and more about how you prioritise, shed lower-value tasks and keep the important ones safe under load.
Technical understanding, radio listening, judgement and self-report.
Technical exercises test your feel for basic mechanical and physical principles: forces, gears, levers, pressure and motion. They reward applied understanding over memorised formulas, the same feel for how things work that aircraft-systems study draws on.
Listening exercises test how accurately you take in spoken information over a noisy radio. Pilots work almost entirely by voice, reading back clearances and copying ATIS and ATC calls through static, so understanding a degraded transmission first time, without losing a digit, is a safety-critical skill airlines value.
Situational judgement exercises test the non-technical side of being a pilot: how you weigh safety, teamwork, communication and pressure in a realistic flight-deck dilemma. Airlines use them because good crew-resource-management judgement, not just cognitive horsepower, is what keeps a crew safe when a situation turns ambiguous.
Personality exercises are for reflection, not measurement. Airlines look closely at non-technical qualities like conscientiousness, composure, teamwork and the willingness to speak up, and they explore your background and motivation in interviews and biographical forms. These tools help you think honestly about your own style and prepare your examples. They have no score and do not predict any selection outcome.
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View achievementsAptitude tests are one part of a selection day. The group exercise, simulator assessment and competency-based interview each need separate preparation. Our free guides cover all three.
COMPASS, PILAPT, the DLR test, cut-e and others each assess a slightly different mix of skills. Our plain-English guide explains what they cover and which exercises here train each one. SkyStudy is independent practice and is not affiliated with any of these test publishers.
Read the airline tests guideAptitude tests get you through airline selection. The EASA ATPL theory exams come next, and SkyStudy is built for that phase across the whole syllabus.
SkyStudy turns the ATPL syllabus into exam-style question practice across every subject, with spaced repetition and timed mock exams. Free to start, no card needed.