The skills required to pass the RT Practical are part of the the same skill set required to for the PPL Skill Test and indeed to fly solo cross countries. Why are students still waiting until after the PPL Skill Test to undertake a test that would have been more useful to them if they had completed it prior to leaving the circuit solo? It takes around 16 hours to master all of the required RT calls and people still think they can do it in less than 3!