Air Law exam on Saturday
 

I've read Jeremy Pratts PPL 1 book on air law (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-Pilo...e=UTF8&s=books) and am taking the exam on Saturday. I've just had a panic though because I've only read Law* and none of the Comm* stuff (I thought that would be a seperate exam).

Do I need to quickly get through the comm* section or is the exam just the law* stuff ? I'm very worried that I've only read 80% of the literature.

BTW I am flying from the UK.

Paul,

No don't worry - you don't need the Communications section of the book for the Air Law exam.

T.

PS Good luck on Saturday.

Not entirely true - there is some crossover between the two sections. For example, there were questions on LARS and DAAIS/DACS in my air law exam. There was also a requirement to at least know what the circuit looked like and what distances final / long final etc would be defined as.

I would at least read and understand the comms section before doing the exam.

Better still - sign up to www.airquiz.com and do some of the exam questions.

Steve

You should not have to read the Comms section of that book. I used the Pratt books for my PPL. I also used www.airquiz.com

It wont hurt to start reading the comms section in the mean time.

Don't worry about the air law exam-I read the Jeremy Pratt air law section(not the comms)and passed without any problems.
I would recommend you get the PPL Confuser book as it tests the knowledge you have read. It's very easy to just read something and not properly absorb it-especially with something incredibly dull(although vital) like air law. The Confuser is just like the exams themselves and is great preparation.
Good luck!:ok:

The trick to keeping your examiner and instructor happy in the air law exam is to get the right answer to questions that actually matter, like, say, rights of way - nobody cares if you can't remember the date of the Chicago Convention.

Thats great if you still get over the 75% mark but won't help if you miss it - you'll still be failed!


Im sure you will be fine but since you are going to have to learn comms at some point anyway, why not give it a read through before the weekend?

Steve

Sure. But I got through one of my finals exams that way - I knew perfectly well that I was useless at one part of the syllabus, so made sure I knew enough to get full marks on the bits that I could cope with!

Ordinarily I would agree with you - indeed thats how I have tackled most exams I have sat. I do think its a tad dangerous when it comes to Air Law though because you're guaranteed to need to know the bit you didn't bother with just at the wrong time!


Steve

I'm confused
 

Ground Symbols:

"T" - Take-off and landing in the direction of the shaft of the T

Erm, is that the "horizontal" shaft, or the "vertical" shaft ?

Lol - vertical shaft!

Steve

And is that towards the crossbar or away?

Good luck with the exam, PompeyPaul. Let us know how you do. Best of luck!

Towards....

This doc may also be helpful (see page 64)

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP637.PDF


Steve

Thankfully I managed to pass AirLaw without being asked for that particular fact, but it's one I have always been concerned about as in my mind a T points away from the crossbar (so T is pointing down in this case), and would I if confronted with a non-radio field (without a radio) remember that its towards the crossbar...

The way I try to remember is that it mimicks the approach lights coming up to the threshold.

The T looks like a landing aeroplane?

Only when I forget my glasses :}

When you look at a light aircraft from above it looks a bit like a Tee. The Tee on the ground in a way depicts the direction a landing/taking off aeroplane on the ground. (Does that read right, I'm not sure!)

Well said, Mr. Prescott!! :p

Well thank you Mr Blair. :)