distance learn or not to distance learn....
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Hi Andy 20.
I started off ATPL by attending classesat AFT. I was very disapointed. The number of students in the class was 42 and was not conduicive to learning. It's just a money spinner for AFT.
I am now doing all subjects through Secombe Aviation by dist learning. It's really good. You study at your own pace and Gavin is only an email away if you have queries.
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I started off ATPL by attending classesat AFT. I was very disapointed. The number of students in the class was 42 and was not conduicive to learning. It's just a money spinner for AFT.
I am now doing all subjects through Secombe Aviation by dist learning. It's really good. You study at your own pace and Gavin is only an email away if you have queries.
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I am also going to start the DL route in September. Is it still distance learning or more blended learning these days?
Anyway, out of the 14 exams, how many exams do you have to take in one go?
Many thanks....
Anyway, out of the 14 exams, how many exams do you have to take in one go?
Many thanks....
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I kept a diary of the amount of hours I did, and it amounted to around 650. My routine was Mon-Thurs, 7am for 1hr, go to work, and around 2 hrs each evening after getting back from work. I studied all day Sat/Sun. I also had to attend 2 2-week brush up courses, plus the 2 weeks for the exams. The brush-up weeks and exam weeks were very very long days. I reckon we started at around 9am, got back to the B&B at around 6pm, and then worked through until midnight. The exams were a case of sitting the paper, and rushing back to study for the next day.
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"Isn't there some sort of rule that says you have to spend so many hours studying, i thought that you had to declare working hours etc so they could work out how much study time you had available.
Am i off the ball here??"
Am i off the ball here??"
That's working Mon-Fri 9am to 17:30 , was learning about 2,3 hours a day and about 5 at the weekends, it's not hard at all the biggest problem is volume of all the stuff you have to learn.
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Well done mate that seems like some going!? Do you know if there is a limit to the amount of sitting syou can take to complete all 14 exams, some say you have 6 sittings to finish them all? any ideas?
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I was passing them in PL and your result appears on the screen within second so you know your score immediately and there's loads more then PPL. I think in UK you have to wait approx. 2 weeks for result.
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I'm doing ATPL distance with CATS.
I have a question to who has already done ATPL with CATS: the questions at the examination are same than quick questions on CATS website?
Cause to me, seem few questions in CATS database respect all the other DL.
I have a question to who has already done ATPL with CATS: the questions at the examination are same than quick questions on CATS website?
Cause to me, seem few questions in CATS database respect all the other DL.
