Tosh McCaber.
The answer to you question is that with a limited time in each exam and the amount of knowledge to be tested, using the high school methods of writing an essay on each subject is entirely impractical. Although quite why the CAA/JAA insist on writing questions/answers designed entirely to test the candidates use of the English language instead of the subject is beyond me.
Going to the earlier argument of whether learning the feedback Q's is the right way to...................
The sylabus will teach you the subject but not how to pass the exam, The feedback will teach you to pass the exam.
Having sat all 14 very recently My opinion is an educated one, and those commenting on them before sitting them should perhaps hold their tounges.
The systems paper is a good example, having worked as an aircraft mechanic for 6 years, I know my systems, far more than a pilot will ever need to. When it came to the exam i failed, the reason was that there were only two questions on engines, very few on mechanics/ airframes and an obserd amount of type specific questions that will be covered in a type rating.
The exams are Hard, but almost impossible without some help in the way of past papers.
I can pass on all that i have, but have no time to be involved in organising them on a web page.
