What is a DTO?

A DTO, or Declared Training Organisation, is a flight school that trains pilots for non-commercial licences such as the PPL and LAPL by declaring itself to its aviation authority, such as the UK CAA, rather than being approved by it. EASA introduced the declared route in 2018 to make training for leisure flying lighter to run, and the UK kept it.

How RALPH handles it

RALPH is built for declared and approved training organisations alike. Lessons are bookings, tagged with your own categories such as Dual or Solo, and the flights that follow them are recorded against the tech log, so a student’s lessons and flights sit on one record.

Questions, answered

What's the difference between a DTO and an ATO?
A DTO declares itself to the authority and trains for non-commercial licences, while an ATO is approved by the authority and can also train for commercial licences such as the CPL and ATPL.