I have a question for all of you in Western Europe. On your performance or even other chart related exams, were the charts printed out separately or on the computer, and what was their quality?
I just took my performance exam and it while I normally take 1/3 of the time to finish, it took me almost the whole time for this exam. The charts were such poor quality that you could hardly tell where the lines were (some were doubled as if the ink cartridges were misaligned), and many were drawn all over from previous people. On my particular exam I had to ask for 5 to 7 charts to be printed up while taking the exam because they were missing in the folder. Together with the ~2001 PC that was taking 5 sec to go to the next question and the ~17in Monitor, it was the biggest pain I've ever experienced taking a test. Some of the answer choice were piss poor close to each other.
In the US when I did my FAA exams most charts were on the screen, and what was on paper was very clear, plus they gave us each a transparent plastic sheet to draw on, so the charts were free of scratches. Few charts on my exam had their own plastic sleeve which was too soft to even draw on.
Taking my ATPL exams in Bulgaria.