Callum is part of the future of GA in this country and we have done a poor job of welcoming him to it. He struggled with a subject, found a way of getting
100% in an exam, fgs, and we do the standard internet putdown
I have to echo 2 Sheds here, you don't pass these exams to get to fly. You pass these exams to learn how to fly and do it it safely and legally.
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong
The exams are purely there to be passed. That is the exact and precise nature of exams.
I agree that you need to know the subject to be able to fly safely, that is why you study it but you absolutely must not confuse knowing a subject with passing an exam in it, or conversely that if you have passed an exam you are an expert in it. An exam is a sit-and-forget exercise that measures your particular state of swottiness on the day so that the CAA can say it is being rigorous about training. If you need to pass an exam, then work toward passing the exam, anything else is misguided
If you want to become a good pilot then you need to know your subject in breadth and depth. Learn about it. That is not the same as passing exams in it
So, without looking, which pilots on here, who don't fly to marshalled airfields, can tell me the signal for opening your stairs? Or, who knows, off the top of their head, the definition of class B airspace?