Look at the range of entries — Page 569, Lesson 774

This is the index of the Air Law manual — the alphabetical list of topics with their page numbers. I want to walk you through what this index tells you about the structure of the whole subject, because it's a map of everything you'll be tested on. Look at the range of entries. You've got the fundamentals of air law at the top — Sovereignty on page 24, Standards and Recommended Practices on page 23. Those are the ICAO building blocks. Sovereignty is the principle that a state has complete and exclusive authority over the airspace above its territory — that's where all of air law starts. Standards and Recommended Practices, SARPs, are the ICAO specifications that member states agree to implement. Then you have the operational side. Search and Rescue on page 26, and Searching of aircraft on page 28 — that's the international obligation to assist aircraft in distress. You'll see the distinction between the overall SAR organisation and the actual search procedure. Now look at the radar and surveillance entries. Secondary Surveillance Radar, SSR, appears twice — page 122 and page 247. That's because SSR shows up in two different contexts: once in the general air traffic services framework, and again in the radar procedures chapter. Squawk Ident on page 247 is the transponder function where the pilot presses the IDENT button to make the aircraft's return flare on the controller's screen. SRA on page 330 is Surveillance Radar Approach — a ground-controlled approach where the controller gives you azimuth and range information but no glideslope. The airspace and flight rules section is dense. Semi-Circular Flight Rules on page 120 — that's the cruising level system based on magnetic track. Special VFR on page 121 — that's the clearance to fly in controlled airspace in weather below VMC. Separation minima on page 303 — the minimum distances between aircraft. Speed control on page 335 and Speed Limit on page 260 — those are the ATC-imposed speed restrictions and the 250-knot limit below 10,000 feet. The approach and departure procedures are here too. Standard Instrument Departures on page 155, the three holding pattern entries — Sector 1 Parallel Entry on page 211, Sector 2 Offset Entry on page 212, Sector 3 Direct Entry on page 212. Shuttle on page 213 is the racetrack pattern used in holding. Stabilised Approach on page 177 — the criteria that define a safe, stable final approach. Simultaneous Parallel Instrument Approaches on page 233. Simple Approach Lighting System on page 421. The aerodrome section covers ground markings and signals. Signal Area on page 394, Signals Area on page 127, Signalling Lamp on page 393, Signals by Intercepting Aircraft on page 115, Signals for Aerodrome Traffic on page 124. Stand Markings on page 402 — the markings on the apron that guide an aircraft into its parking position. Weather and NOTAM entries: SIGMET on page 277 — the warning of significant en-route weather. SNOWTAM on page 356 and SNOWCLO on page 357 — the special NOTAM formats for runway snow conditions and snow-closed runways. The accident and incident definitions are at the end. Serious incident on page 488, Serious injury on page 488, State of design on page 488, State of occurrence on page 488. State of design is the state that holds the type certificate for the aircraft. State of occurrence is where the accident happened. State of Manufacture on page 57 is where the aircraft was built. And the regulatory framework: Single European Sky, SES, on page 42 — the European initiative to reform air traffic management. So this index is your syllabus. Every one of these entries is a topic you'll need to master. When we work through the chapters, you'll see how they all connect — the sovereignty principle underpins the airspace classification, the SAR obligations tie into the distress procedures, the radar entries feed into the separation standards. That's the shape of the whole subject.