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Old 21st January 2012 | 15:59
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paco
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"Er....no!! Major changes to the Instruments syllabus. EASA now require knowledge of computer theory, FANS, ADS-A, Datalink Communication, Software in Flight Control Systems etc. "

That stuff was in before, though in different places. Certainly computer theory (logic gates) and control laws, if I remember that far back. It must have been, as it's always been in our notes. As I said, mostly major shuffling. I can't see the logic in having Inertial Nav in Instruments, tho - should be in RNAV, shirley.

"Residential" means being full time in a classroom and having your duty hours logged according to the ridiculous JAA minima of 30 hours per week. It's a royal pain in the bum, which is why we stopped it. "Guided distance learning" means you can study what you want when you want without such restrictions as you are a distance learner and can make your own rules. All you are effectively doing is hiring outside help.

Take on the above poster's point about having faith in your own ability - you will need to do self study on type rating courses, etc, so best get used to it. Motivation is a major factor - the other reason we stopped residential. We found that, apart from genuine cases where it was a way of blocking out the outside world and focussing studies, the students simply wanted to be spoonfed and weren't motivated enough to think for themselves.

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