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I'm currently in Phase A of the 'new' London Met ATPL course. By 'new', I mean in a different building.
6 weeks into the course, I can tell you that it is intense, but the majority of the subject matter is not too difficult. The difficulty lies in the sheer volume of information you have to assimilate in such a short space of time, and according to others on later courses, the first Phase is the lightest in terms of load.
Phase A consists of 3 subjects: AGK, PoF and Performance. The 4 lecturers for these respective subjects are excellent, and have a wealth of knowledge and experience between them. I have yet to fault them. Each will have their own teaching methods, and not all will be able to adapt to them but the lecturers are very accommodating.
The social aspect is good; the building is in a very nice part of London with plenty of pubs to go to on a Friday afternoon. Although the lecturers do seem to favour the Minories. Having said that, my social life has become almost non-existent. It's necessary to take a break from the daily 2-3 hours of revision that is expected, but not so much as to be detrimental to your studies.
This sounds all well and good but I may very well retract all praise for London Met if I fail the first phase
6 weeks into the course, I can tell you that it is intense, but the majority of the subject matter is not too difficult. The difficulty lies in the sheer volume of information you have to assimilate in such a short space of time, and according to others on later courses, the first Phase is the lightest in terms of load.
Phase A consists of 3 subjects: AGK, PoF and Performance. The 4 lecturers for these respective subjects are excellent, and have a wealth of knowledge and experience between them. I have yet to fault them. Each will have their own teaching methods, and not all will be able to adapt to them but the lecturers are very accommodating.
The social aspect is good; the building is in a very nice part of London with plenty of pubs to go to on a Friday afternoon. Although the lecturers do seem to favour the Minories. Having said that, my social life has become almost non-existent. It's necessary to take a break from the daily 2-3 hours of revision that is expected, but not so much as to be detrimental to your studies.
This sounds all well and good but I may very well retract all praise for London Met if I fail the first phase
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London Met Uni FdSc Aviation Management with ATPL
I'm looking into starting this course, has anyone completed it or looking into starting it too?
Any previous experience with this course would be appreciated if shared.
Thanks
Aviation Management & Operations (Foundation Degree FDSc)
Any previous experience with this course would be appreciated if shared.
Thanks
Aviation Management & Operations (Foundation Degree FDSc)
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There's quite a lot of threads about this. But I'll try and give you some information.
It's a course which gains you the licences and a little experience of being a pilot.
Doing this course won't guarantee you a job straight away, I hope that helps.
It's a course which gains you the licences and a little experience of being a pilot.
Doing this course won't guarantee you a job straight away, I hope that helps.
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How detrimental would it be for someone who would most likely live at home and commute into central london daily for the duration of the course? I live in Ashford, Kent which is about 55 miles away or so? Would the commute effect my studies?
Also, did anyone hold down any P/T jobs whilst studying? Maybe just 1 day a week on a Sunday or something just to keep some money coming in?
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Also, did anyone hold down any P/T jobs whilst studying? Maybe just 1 day a week on a Sunday or something just to keep some money coming in?
Cheers
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Ah alas The Minories is no longer opposite, since they moved building. But its only a five minute walk away 
On topic if you can focus enough to study on the train then you would be able to get a lot done, I didn't have that kind of focus but still had enough time to study every night after a hour and a half train ride there and back.
I also in the first Phase I has a weekend job it was not ideal, but there were people on my course who got very high averages who had part time jobs for the whole course so I guess it depends on the person.
On topic if you can focus enough to study on the train then you would be able to get a lot done, I didn't have that kind of focus but still had enough time to study every night after a hour and a half train ride there and back.
I also in the first Phase I has a weekend job it was not ideal, but there were people on my course who got very high averages who had part time jobs for the whole course so I guess it depends on the person.
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Does LMU still supply students with Nordian text books?
Are the latest editions any better than the previous? I read that the books have spelling and grammar errors. I'm skeptical about putting my trust in ATPL books which have such errors. I don't want books where I'm trying to make sense of the English, it's gonna be hard enough learning the theory itself!
To the current students, how do you find them coupled with the notes you get? Do you use any other text books/CDs?
I know there are posts on this forum about them, but I want the most up to date info.
Cheers.
Are the latest editions any better than the previous? I read that the books have spelling and grammar errors. I'm skeptical about putting my trust in ATPL books which have such errors. I don't want books where I'm trying to make sense of the English, it's gonna be hard enough learning the theory itself!
To the current students, how do you find them coupled with the notes you get? Do you use any other text books/CDs?
I know there are posts on this forum about them, but I want the most up to date info.
Cheers.
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Does LMU still supply students with Nordian text books?
Are the latest editions any better than the previous? I read that the books have spelling and grammar errors.
Personally so far out of Module 1, I've found Principles of Flight by far the worst written, so my advice is go to a pilot shop and ask to see the PoF books from each provider that the shop stocks and compare them. If you think the Nordian version is fine then you will likely be okay with the rest of their books.
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Mike was a character for sure. His favourite expressions seemed to be:
"Like a love sick bird" and "Sh*t mike your right"
Used to make me laugh, made PoF just a bit more interesting.
Corpus
"Like a love sick bird" and "Sh*t mike your right"
Used to make me laugh, made PoF just a bit more interesting.
Corpus
