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The other really annoying question that has come up relates to a flight to France, the need to calculate flight time and work out departure and arrival times with many references to UTC, but then
they give the possible answers in British Summer Time!! Grrrrr.
they give the possible answers in British Summer Time!! Grrrrr.
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That's just to make sure the student is paying attention. Apparently there are several answers given in units which might trap the unwary, be prepared to convert answers to different units/times.
I think this is justified where we commonly have have American training aircraft with a POH in lbs, statute mph and US Gallons yet we dispense fuel in litres and the CAA quote MTOM on G-INFO in Kg. We also refer to vertical distances in feet, short horizontal distances in metres/kilometres (runway lengths/visibility) and long navigational distances in Nautical Miles.
If a student isn't adept at being agile with all these units (and the use of the whizz wheel to resolve them all) they're going to come a cropper out there.
Remember the Gimli Glider
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I think this is justified where we commonly have have American training aircraft with a POH in lbs, statute mph and US Gallons yet we dispense fuel in litres and the CAA quote MTOM on G-INFO in Kg. We also refer to vertical distances in feet, short horizontal distances in metres/kilometres (runway lengths/visibility) and long navigational distances in Nautical Miles.
If a student isn't adept at being agile with all these units (and the use of the whizz wheel to resolve them all) they're going to come a cropper out there.
Remember the Gimli Glider
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Also another school asked if i could set exam on our system for one of their students.
We could find no way for the candidate to enter a request and register to do exam at our school via his ePortal.
There needs to be an add button.
We gave up.
We could find no way for the candidate to enter a request and register to do exam at our school via his ePortal.
There needs to be an add button.
We gave up.
