CTC, CAE OAA and FTE self-lodging
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CTC, CAE OAA and FTE self-lodging (solved)
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I have some questions regarding the above schools' campuses. I know CAE OAA and FTE have a campus (or more than one), but I still don't know if it's the same for CTC, although I would assume yes. Is it mandatory for all students to live there or can I lodge on my own?
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I have some questions regarding the above schools' campuses. I know CAE OAA and FTE have a campus (or more than one), but I still don't know if it's the same for CTC, although I would assume yes. Is it mandatory for all students to live there or can I lodge on my own?
Thank you in advance,
David
EDIT: This is the updated information I got so far, in case somebody finds it useful:
Not mandatory at CAE and CTC. CTC does include lodging and won't refund if you decide to live on your own.
Mandatory at FTE.
Not mandatory at CAE and CTC. CTC does include lodging and won't refund if you decide to live on your own.
Mandatory at FTE.
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Something irrelevant with the thread's subject,
But is it true that at OAA during the exams period there is a CD which has all the questions and the answers that they are going to face at the exams?
Thank you and i apologize.
But is it true that at OAA during the exams period there is a CD which has all the questions and the answers that they are going to face at the exams?
Thank you and i apologize.
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Accom is included on the CTC integrated course (in houses/apartments near the school), I'm not sure if you can get out using/paying for it (I suspect you can't...) but during exam season it's pretty useful to be in that environment surrounded by similarly focused people...
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Once again, I apologize for the off topic.
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Accom is included on the CTC integrated course (in houses/apartments near the school), I'm not sure if you can get out using/paying for it (I suspect you can't...) but during exam season it's pretty useful to be in that environment surrounded by similarly focused people...
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At CTC (and I assume the others) you get online access to a bank of questions which are similar, and occasionally identical, to the ATPL theory questions. However, the CAA are wising up to the use of question bank and are bringing in more and more new questions, therefore certain subjects you need to understand, rather than learn parrot style. The question bank is a useful tool, but it is not foolproof, nor is it identical to the CAA exam questions. Does that answer your question Thakis?
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I think yes i understood. So it's like having access in a database like bristol gs,aviation exam etc. with thousand of questions.
I was curious because I had read in a aviation forum of my country that there were a CD in OAA on the exam period,which had exactly the questions and answers that students would face in the ATPL theory exams. Ex. Let's say the atpl exam Metereology is 40 questions,the CD contained all of the 40 questions and answers and the students didn't need to study apart of this CD . But i guess that's just a rumour.
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I think yes i understood. So it's like having access in a database like bristol gs,aviation exam etc. with thousand of questions.
I was curious because I had read in a aviation forum of my country that there were a CD in OAA on the exam period,which had exactly the questions and answers that students would face in the ATPL theory exams. Ex. Let's say the atpl exam Metereology is 40 questions,the CD contained all of the 40 questions and answers and the students didn't need to study apart of this CD . But i guess that's just a rumour.
Thank you.
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I don't know anything about schools other than CTC if I'm honest. But the ATPLs are, by and large, done on computer now and no one gets the same set of questions in a given sitting, and the CAA are now bringing in new questions constantly. If someone at OAA has all the questions that's a different matter, and I can't comment.
Thakis: If you are planning to embark on an aviation career I suggest to you that it might be a good strategy to actually learn the subjects required rather than being "obsessed" with passing the exams in the easiest way?!!!
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Flaplesslanding,thank you.
Meikleour, I do not intend to do it this way,i explain why i asked such thing. I was curious,and i wanted to see what's going on with OAA,because it seemed too weird to be true.
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Meikleour, I do not intend to do it this way,i explain why i asked such thing. I was curious,and i wanted to see what's going on with OAA,because it seemed too weird to be true.
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Returning to the specific subject, CTC don't mind guests at the weekends (as long as your housemates are happy) and it is up to you when you come and go from the accommodation. But it's a 9-5 commitment (for school hours-more including homework) during the week and you will need to be based near the training centre, be it Coventry or Nursling.
Oh, and it's like 6/7 months of groundschool in Nursling/Coventry, 8 months in NZ or 6/7 in the US, 2 months in Bournemouth and 3 weeks back at Nursling, living in Dibden right at the end.
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Why would it be a personal problem, if you don't mind me asking? Bare in mind that you will spend 8 months in NZ or 6/7 months in Phoenix, if you are worried about the time in the UK, for personal reasons, how will it be when you are on the other side of the planet? I'm sure you've thought about it, but just saying!
Returning to the specific subject, CTC don't mind guests at the weekends (as long as your housemates are happy) and it is up to you when you come and go from the accommodation. But it's a 9-5 commitment (for school hours-more including homework) during the week and you will need to be based near the training centre, be it Coventry or Nursling.
Oh, and it's like 6/7 months of groundschool in Nursling/Coventry, 8 months in NZ or 6/7 in the US, 2 months in Bournemouth and 3 weeks back at Nursling, living in Dibden right at the end.
Returning to the specific subject, CTC don't mind guests at the weekends (as long as your housemates are happy) and it is up to you when you come and go from the accommodation. But it's a 9-5 commitment (for school hours-more including homework) during the week and you will need to be based near the training centre, be it Coventry or Nursling.
Oh, and it's like 6/7 months of groundschool in Nursling/Coventry, 8 months in NZ or 6/7 in the US, 2 months in Bournemouth and 3 weeks back at Nursling, living in Dibden right at the end.
Of course, I understand this training requires lots of commitment and effort, and there's not much spare time (nearly zero during weekdays), but simply living together would help a lot.
I have one more question: what does going to NZ or the US depend on? Is all this the same for cadet schemes and MPL programmes (rather than independent ATPL)?
Thanks a lot for your help, Flaplesslanding, it's very useful
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Thakis, we do not give you the questions you are going to see in the exams, it is not possible. We dont know what questions you will get in advance. We set practice final exams and our own real final exams. The fact that some questions do appear on the EASA exams is entirely coincidental. We would not be permitted to give you the answers in advance, it would not be ethical or legal. We will teach you everything you need to know to pass the exams
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Some of the timings change by a month or two with airline courses-I've given the whitetail (independent) timeline there. But with MPL you spend less time overseas, and come back for several months of Sims in the UK. I don't know the specifics of the MPL timings if I'm honest.
Airline specific ATPLs (eg. BA) follow those timings pretty closely all the way to the end, where it's then longer at the final round of Nursling/Dibden before type rating starts.
Phoenix vs NZ is down to your specific course and timing-they are (or were) trying to get most MPL cadets to go to Arizona, and ATPL to NZ. generally speaking one doesn't get to choose one or the other...
If your gf were to come to NZ you would likely be able to see her a fair bit, or at least enough. The weather can hold you up, and there are always days off, so it wouldn't be a lost cause if she were there with you.
Airline specific ATPLs (eg. BA) follow those timings pretty closely all the way to the end, where it's then longer at the final round of Nursling/Dibden before type rating starts.
Phoenix vs NZ is down to your specific course and timing-they are (or were) trying to get most MPL cadets to go to Arizona, and ATPL to NZ. generally speaking one doesn't get to choose one or the other...
If your gf were to come to NZ you would likely be able to see her a fair bit, or at least enough. The weather can hold you up, and there are always days off, so it wouldn't be a lost cause if she were there with you.
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If your gf were to come to NZ you would likely be able to see her a fair bit, or at least enough. The weather can hold you up, and there are always days off, so it wouldn't be a lost cause if she were there with you.
Thank you again for your info
