BwatchGrunt
I'm afraid I have to disagree with that statement about it being a numbers game at ATTSC (CATC). There are tens of students on holdover at the moment, some on six months holdover, to enable them to get on to a course. They have not been chopped to provide the correct numbers!
The new PPP business plan has a requirement to increase the ab-initio pass rate to approx 85% - to this end the area course is being re-structured to allow a period of consolidation at the end of area two if required, before the summatives. This does not constitute the use of your lifeline.
As for recourses and your statement that students will not fail unless really unlucky or that they have p*!*ed somenone off - not true. There are, unfortunately, some people who get through the selection process and who are still, through no fault of thier own, not able to do the job.
The selection process is merely a means to provide an indication of a persons suitability and is not infallible. The results of all tests are continually monitored to try to improve accuracy of this process.
This is recognised by all included in training, and is why the business plan is not asking for a 100% pass rate.
Helicon1
Good luck, work hard and keep your nose clean. (Un)fortunately, instructors ARE human and if a student comes across as obnoxious etc, it is very likely to influence instructors! It is not difficult to stay on the right side of them without the need for brown nosing - just be yourself. Remember, these people are instructing people who they may have to one day work alongside.
