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I'm not saying understanding is a bad thing. I think it is vital to have a good understanding of the fundamental principles of each subject. However, I think many people pass all 14 exams without understanding much of the material in the notes. The really weird part of the JAA system is that half of the exam questions seem to be based on knowledge that you will not gain from your notes. It's like the examiner is making questions up off the top of their head without reference to a syllabus. On the flip side of the problem, half of the material in the notes is not examined; it's just there to comply with JAA syllabus requirements. Some students, like silverknapper, who has an aero engineering degree have a major advantage over the likes of me. He already has a sound base of aviation technical knowledge to build on. For most people though, ATPL theory is just a matter of understanding some of the course material and hoping that most of the exam is feedback based. For some subjects e.g. Comms, HPL, Air Law, Op Proc and Radio Nav, reading the course notes seemed to be a complete waste of my time. The actual exams were so far removed from the course notes that I would have been better learning just the feedback and a few tables. Sad, but true!
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Spot on FWF!!!
I agree 100%......I also agree that you will have to remember some of the stuff for your flying tests ie, performance factors......subjects such as OPs,Law and comms were not really taught at my school.....the time was better spent on the more difficult subjects!!!Sad but True!!!
I agree 100%......I also agree that you will have to remember some of the stuff for your flying tests ie, performance factors......subjects such as OPs,Law and comms were not really taught at my school.....the time was better spent on the more difficult subjects!!!Sad but True!!!
