Hi Bob... I passed tho OBA this time last year, not quite hitting your age yet - only in late 40s, but nevertheless the 'mature' attitude does help a bit ! Exams - yes a bit of a slog, but the more you do now, the less yuo need to worry about during what will be a reasonably stressfull time during training. Thos you don't get done can be caught up with during stay with OBA, but nevertheless just grind them out :-)... I found that siimply doing the traditional thing (read, take notes, revise, sit exam) worked well enough. If you want or need any other OBA tips, drop me a line - my experience was that if you got your head down, treated it professionally and dealt with any issues in a profesional manner then it worked well - did for me anyway ! - now a happy recreational flyer back in the UK, learning the 'new stuff' about my local area etc.