Would just like to sat how much i enjoyed the rant of how to get along at the college by scotslivedit, mucho amuso, and nice to know that things haven't changed too much since the end of the 90s when i was there.
Out of interest, does the sim room still become engulfed in hairspray and perfume during the summative week while the skirts get shorter, and the sales of wonderbras in bournemouth go thru the roof? Am intrigued to know.
The new car/couple curse was a strong one while we were there, anybody having the balls to buy a new car whilst at the college almost instantly failed the course, and if any students paired up as a couple while at CATC one of the two always seemed to get chopped off a course.
Food for thought!
Another tip to survive is go down to the sim room after 5pm, take all the strips and scripts home, and revise the exercise at night, think no-one will notice even though you taxi planes a certain way because you know another will call you at minute 07 etc.
Then moan and groan all the way through the course, amaze your coursemates how you keep passing despite dismal marks, eventually get found out at NERC, and get sent to an airfield far far away, and have to cheek to apply for a transfer to a busier centre about 2 years later. Justice prevailed and the initial assessment was failed, but full marks for trying.
Good old NATS.