Originally Posted by
Offchocks
This may sound like heresy to some, but I believe a lot of the in-depth knowledge that was required for the UK ATPL had little practical value in the real world. The only possible reason for it was to weed out those who did not have the mental capacity to pass the exams.
It's a very long time ago, but I remember none of it was beyond GCE 'O' level standard. There wasn't any calculus involved in the mathematics, for example.
Is anyone still able to draw a tephigram?