Originally Posted by
Whirlygig
Is an ATPL equivalent to the Chartered Accountant’s exams? Definitely not. All the professional accountancy qualifications have to be carried out through the sponsorship of an employer with a structured training programme which lasts at least three years. The employer has to undertake that the student will receive appropriate “on-the-job” training and the studying is much more intensive.
The exams (6 in the first year, five in the second and four in the year plus now, a case study lasting a few days) are 60% written essay questions with only 40% being multi-guess. The pass rates are much lower with exams failures along the way being commonplace.
There is no way anyone could complete all the exams for Chartered Accountancy with a year’s part-time study!!
Can I have me 12 points please!
Cheers
Whirls
How many ACAs (or even FCAs) are responsible for daily life and death decisions?
A major problem with aviation today (not the only problem, but) is that it is not regarded correctly as a profession (hence the lamentable wage rates for highly qualified people)
You went off track with the answer. You can have two marks for being partisan. Resubmit your corrected answer by Wednesday.
The comparison to those dumb IT certification exams is a bad one too. They exist to provide training dollars to Cisco, Microsoft, Tibco, SAP, etc. There is no (comparible) flight test ...