CARs for the AME Book vs an Online REGS Course: How to Use Both
Ask around any hangar how to study for the REGS and you'll get three answers: "get the book," "just read the CARs online," or "do a course." They're not competing options. Each one does a different job, and the apprentices who pass first time usually use more than one.
Option 1: The official text (free)
The Canadian Aviation Regulations are free on the Justice Laws website, and Transport Canada publishes the Standards and TP 14038 (the Study and Reference Guide) on its own site.
Good for: accuracy. It's what the exam is written from, and it's always current. Weak at: telling you what matters. The CARs are written to be legally complete, not to teach. Most people who try to read them cover to cover stall somewhere in Part V.
Option 2: A printed CARs book
Many apprentices like a printed, tabbed copy of the regs they can highlight and carry in a flight bag.
Good for: building a physical map of the CARs. Flipping between Parts makes the numbering stick, and that helps with the "where is this rule?" questions TP 14038 says the exam can ask. Weak at: testing you, and keeping up. A book doesn't tell you whether you'd pass, and print can fall behind amendments. Check anything important against the current official text.
Option 3: An online REGS course
Good for: structure and feedback. A course gives you an order to study in, explains each Part in plain language, and, most importantly, gives you practice exams in the real format so you know where you stand before you book. Weak at: replacing the regulation. A good course sends you back to the official text rather than standing in for it.
How to use them together
Course lesson first for the big picture of a Part.
Official text second. Read the actual regulation with the lesson's notes beside you.
Book (if you have one) for highlighting and tabbing what you've just learned.
Review questions the same day.
Timed practice exams from week one, with every miss looked up in the official text.
Where AMEReady fits
We built the AME CARs Crash Course to sit alongside the official text, not to replace it. Every written lesson links to the official Justice Laws text for its Part, and the course is built around practice: 83 review questions plus 5 full 50-question practice exams in the REGS format.
Transport Canada's AME regulations exam (REGS), described in TP 14038, is 50 multiple-choice questions with 4 choices each, and you need 70% to pass, with a 3-hour time limit. Practising in that format before the real thing is the part a book can't do for you.
Check yourself, then get the full course
Are you REGS-ready? Take the free 10-question check: ten of the most frequently tested topics from the AMEReady practice exams. Score 7/10 or better and you're on track for the 70% pass mark. Take the free 10-question check
The AME CARs Crash Course was built by Dan Kennedy, a Transport Canada licensed M1/M2 AME since 2016. It covers all ten Parts of the CARs, with 10 video lessons, 83 review questions and 5 full 50-question practice exams (333 practice questions in all), a CARs Quick Reference Index, a certificate of completion, and 90 days of self-paced access.
Founding price: $49 CAD for the first 50 apprentices, then $79.
Pass-or-Extend Guarantee: Score 70%+ on our practice exams, and if you don't pass the REGS exam, send us a copy of your failed exam result and get another 90 days free.
Always check Transport Canada's current guidance before booking your exam.
Sources
Canadian Aviation Regulations (Justice Laws): https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-96-433/
TP 14038: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/publications/study-reference-guide-aircraft-maintenance-engineer-technical-examinations-tp-14038
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