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Old 28th Jul 2010, 07:09
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Personally I think that the requirement to commit all the various performance factors to memory for the exam sets a very dangerous example.

In the 'real' aeroplane world, you NEVER attempt to remember all the performance degrades for contaminated runway operations - and short, wet grass is indeed a contaminated runway, for example.

I feel that exam students should be permitted to have access to Safety Sense Leaflet 7 for this exam - it shouldn't be a memory test!

You can also use an electronic calculator for this exam, provided that it doesn't have any 'navigation' functions included.
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