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Old 16th Feb 2005, 22:37
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Vee One...Rotate

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A little harsh Gertrude the Wombat!

Medical students don't get 100% in their exams and we let them practice medicine. ATPL students don't get 100% on their exams and are allowed to fly 400 people around the sky.

If the licencing authorties et al. had statistics that pilots with less than 100% in exams were consistently killing themselves and others more than those few (if any) who aced every exam then we might see pass marks of 100% in all examinations laid down. We don't.

I'm not sure you can accuse someone of having the wrong attitude to flying by a half-dozen word statement along the lines of "Phew! I passed my exam!"

Did you get 100% in every PPL exam? If so, then well done and good on you, but you'd be in the minority!

I see your line of reasoning that this stuff is learned for a tangible reason and not just as an academic activity and you're absolutely right but your comments to Chequeredflag are a little melodramatic.

My humble opinion,

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