Passed 13 out of 14 ATPL's can I start my flying?
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Thanks to Desi and BillieBob for their input.
I am between a rock and a hard place. The one thing that galls me about the ATPL exams process is the cut of dates and times. The fact I now have to wait until the October set as the results arrived 4 days after the September cut off. Granted if I passed I wouldn't be in the current situation but **** happens.
In the US and SA (so I've been led to believe) the exam is marked immediately. Why this can't be done here is beyond me. Probably because there are so many erroneous questions that are ambiguous and subject to appeals.
Second, and this is an aside, charging 60 quid a piece for the two comms papers and also putting the total marks available to weigh in the favour of the marker, i.e. 75% pass mark, 20 questions at 1 mark each means you can get 5 wrong, however what the CAA/JAA do is grade the exam out of 23 meaning you still can only get 5 wrong but you have 3 more chances to mess up. Cynical or what. They add these three marks onto all 14 exams.
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I am between a rock and a hard place. The one thing that galls me about the ATPL exams process is the cut of dates and times. The fact I now have to wait until the October set as the results arrived 4 days after the September cut off. Granted if I passed I wouldn't be in the current situation but **** happens.
In the US and SA (so I've been led to believe) the exam is marked immediately. Why this can't be done here is beyond me. Probably because there are so many erroneous questions that are ambiguous and subject to appeals.
Second, and this is an aside, charging 60 quid a piece for the two comms papers and also putting the total marks available to weigh in the favour of the marker, i.e. 75% pass mark, 20 questions at 1 mark each means you can get 5 wrong, however what the CAA/JAA do is grade the exam out of 23 meaning you still can only get 5 wrong but you have 3 more chances to mess up. Cynical or what. They add these three marks onto all 14 exams.
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I did my groundschool with Bristol and I can't recommend them highly enough. The material and support were first class as was the teaching. 3 lecturers really stood out.
Do you need the ATPL's done to sit your IR skills test? I thought they were just required for the CPL . . . anyone?
Do you need the ATPL's done to sit your IR skills test? I thought they were just required for the CPL . . . anyone?
