Kevin31 wrote:Nice have to let us no how the CPL goes. What about the ME/IR are you not going to do that?
Thanks what are your best study tips then?
Flying is still very much a hobby for me so no huge rush to get the CPL/IR. Will do them at some point over the next couple years before the 3yr window closes.
I used Bristol. Can't give them enough good feedback. It's a really slick operation. Great tutors, study materials, very strong digital media and online resources. Very very good. I didn't do integrated i) because I'm not going airlines and ii) for family/personal reasons. I have 4 young children so had to work around family life. Even though I had full days to study, in reality, I couldn't do more than 3-4hrs a day before my head hurt!
Study tips - Know how you, as an individual, learn and make a plan around that. Everyone learns differently. I went through the study material, subject by subject (the ATPdigital software flits from subject to subject, but you can chose to stay on one subject until you've finished it then move to the next), finished the 4 subjects for that particular module, then hit the QB.
I think the one thing I did that had the biggest impact was to make notes on the questions/areas in the progress tests & QB that I'd fallen down on. I was then able to reference back to those when I'd finished the subject. Making notes took more time than doing the questions, but it forced me to address my weak points and gave me reference points to go back to. The online question bank lets you analyse the areas you've fallen down on so you can be more efficient when coming back to that particular subject. Once I'd finished all the question bank for that subject I then refined the notes to give me a concise set of problem areas/reference sheets.
For some of the subjects (AirLaw, Op Proc, Performance) there are plenty of facts/figures/diagrams to remember, so I came up with a one page A4 cheat sheet that I was able to write out from memory. I reproduced the sheet at the beginning of that particular exam and then referenced back to it during the exam, which is perfectly allowable.
From what I hear, the new Quadrant questions are fine as long as you know the subject matter.
Good luck!
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). I took a distance course (not sure if you can do that in the UK) with some eight weeks in classrooms spread out over that time. The rest was self-study in evenings and weekends.