Got 90% for Gen Nav in December but being an ex Navy bridge watchkeeping officer it would be dissappointing in the least to have failed nav!!!
I do agree that it was way over the top on CRP 5 stuff and mentioned this to the staff at London Guildhall. What got me through I think was the excellent feedback I had. LGU still have the old CAA Gen Nav stuff and if you can do that the JAA stuff is a piece of cake. If any one has any queries on any of the Gen Nav stuff dont be afraid to PM me.
Cannot stress enough you got to be able to do the CRP 5 stuff with your eyes shut. Most of the form of the earth questions can be answered by drawing a picture and doing the sums in your head - you dont need to sit there with your calculator, pencil and paper working it out.
IE that question:
Circumnavigating the earth at 60 N , GS 480 knots. What GS needed to circumnavigate the earth in same time at the equator:
a 480
b 240
c 720
d 960
Cos 60 = 0.5, there its twice the GS = 960 = D. Next question......
Meteorology was a tough one too, but is my "chosen specialist subject". Was getting high 90s in feedback, only managed mid 80s, so I would say it was a hard paper.
There were a couple of gash questions in Rad Nav as well.