FRQ Charlie Bravo
2nd Aug 2009, 13:47
It has been over eleven years since the initial issue of CASA's guidance on ATPL exam prep and over nine years since the Authority has made an amendment (V2.2) despite:
The abolition of scheduled sittings (introduction of CyberExams),
A major change in the time given for the Aerodynamics and Aircraft Systems exam.
A minor change in the time given for the Human Factors exam,
Enormously significant changes in supplied materials (CASA supplied B727 manual, ERCs High),
Significant changes in permissible materials (candidate supplied AIP including ERCs High, WTF?),
The simple passage of time.
To obfuscate matters further it appears as if some changes have been made but not really explained or annotated as such with issuance of revision numbers (i.e. Point 5.2 (http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/fcl/download/v2_2aeroplane.pdf#page=9) regarding the old provision of having to pass Air Law withing 12 months of completing the last unit).
All we really have to go off of is the following paragraph which essentially leaves us no choice but to pay the piper (go to a class) irrespective of our own ability to read a syllabus and research the required info:
ATPL exam information published on the CASA website on items such as new exam application procedures, the removal of scheduled sittings, revised exam material required and provided, etc supersedes such information published in the two ATPL Information Books, Version 2.2.
New versions of these Information Books will incorporate all relevant CyberExams information.
When, Mr CASA, can we expect a revision worthy of study preparation?
~FRQ CB
The abolition of scheduled sittings (introduction of CyberExams),
A major change in the time given for the Aerodynamics and Aircraft Systems exam.
A minor change in the time given for the Human Factors exam,
Enormously significant changes in supplied materials (CASA supplied B727 manual, ERCs High),
Significant changes in permissible materials (candidate supplied AIP including ERCs High, WTF?),
The simple passage of time.
To obfuscate matters further it appears as if some changes have been made but not really explained or annotated as such with issuance of revision numbers (i.e. Point 5.2 (http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_assets/main/fcl/download/v2_2aeroplane.pdf#page=9) regarding the old provision of having to pass Air Law withing 12 months of completing the last unit).
All we really have to go off of is the following paragraph which essentially leaves us no choice but to pay the piper (go to a class) irrespective of our own ability to read a syllabus and research the required info:
ATPL exam information published on the CASA website on items such as new exam application procedures, the removal of scheduled sittings, revised exam material required and provided, etc supersedes such information published in the two ATPL Information Books, Version 2.2.
New versions of these Information Books will incorporate all relevant CyberExams information.
When, Mr CASA, can we expect a revision worthy of study preparation?
~FRQ CB