Alan Key,I presume that because you have made the comment that the exams are now easier to pass, that you must have taken some during the 'old' regime and also some during the new 'easier' regime to be able to make the comparison. I must say that when i took my first exam in 1995 and then my most recent one in 2001 it certainly didn't feel any easier. I still didn't know which Q's i was going to be asked and so had to study and revise for all of them. Yes they have done away with negative marking, but they've also put the pass mark up. I have quite a few friends of mine who IMHO are pretty swiched on guys,and who have managed to fail their exams recently (usually by 1 Q! ). Also admittedly they have done away with the oral but i don't think that that was always consistent, My Oral exam took 50 mins from walk in to walk out, in the first 15 the surveyer told me than i told him ! my pal went in 2 days later for his, and was Grilled for 2.5 hours. Another thing, are there any actual statistics showing that there are more maintenence errors being made now than in the old days?(I don't know I'm just asking) I would also be interested to know ,if taking an oral exam was optional, how many of us would tick the yes box ( just to check out our real depth of knowledge and for self esteem- knowing you
got it thehard way) I'm damn sure i wouldn't. One final thought just because somebody gets a license that isn't the end of the road they still need to get the approval, AND what the CAA giveth so the CAA can taketh away
