Originally Posted by
steelcraft
So you need an ATPL to have a meaning-full and financially rewarding career in Aviation?? You have got to be kidding.
OP is Italian, what financially rewarding jobs are there in European aviation that do not require an ATPL? Instructing? Nope, and that’s about it really. Net Jets etc in the corporate world won’t hire you if you can’t get an ATPL so you’re stuck flying 172s really.
Originally Posted by
speedrestriction
Hmmmmm, I managed a 93% average without the question bank albeit a few years ago. When things start going wrong in an aircraft for real unfortunately they don't come in the form of multiple choice questions. Better to understand the theory and get 90% than memorise the question bank and get 95%. If you have properly applied yourself and failed eight subjects then you might have to reconsider your chosen path. If you haven't applied yourself then get off PPruNe and into those books!
Just from your posting history, you did your exams over a decade ago? If that’s the case then that was pre the EASA exam silliness of today. Whilst the content hasn’t changed (in itself part of the problem...) there is just no way you can pass the exams remotely well without using the bank. And given 99% of the people you’re competing with to get jobs do use the bank, what are you trying to achieve by not, martyrdom?
I’d much rather use the bank and sit in a jet than not use it, fail, and return to my office job proud in the knowledge that I can work out the angles between two lines on a polar stereographic map better than my course mates could
OP, get yourself onto Bristol GS before you do anything else. If you can get to 85/90% on there, might be worth having another shot. Trust us, that’s what everyone else will be doing...