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Old 8th Sep 2008, 02:09
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The Hill
 
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Just for more info for the guys/girls doing their ATPL subjects...

I self studied mine with AFT notes and it all went ok.

FP - i did last, obviously the hardest but only 17 questions in the exam, all be it very drawn out ones, finished with 3 mins to spare. Be careful with "which answer is closest to" questions with PNRs etc. Eg i had

a) 570nm
b) 610 nm
c) 540 nm
d) 510 nm

My depress pnr came out to be 590nm which i thought was accurate in my planning, i did it again with a bit more accuracy and got 595nm which favoured answer b!

Sys - just a lot of content to study, anything from FMS to Centre of Pressure movement, nothing really too in depth though, 50 "one mark" questions

P + L - remember to be accurate with your graphs, for some reason i got a lot of CAO 20.7.1.b. stuff (gradients etc) and load sheets working out last min. pax adjustment

Nav - not too bad if you can get you head around off track pnrs, again be accurate with your map work and you shouldnt have too many troubles.

Generally speaking, focus more on the 4-5 mark questions
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