I'm with BGS, got the 2 week revision course next week, found the materials excellent, I just bought module 1 first and then just study at a pace you are comfortable with, then you project forward to estimate your completion date and ring up and book your revision course 2-3 months in advance. I would suggest you go to the BGS website and read the information on the forums there, that should answer any questions that you may have.

Hiya A330

The search function is your best friend here on PPRuNe, there are a myriad of threads on this subject

Dean

You will be in good hands with Bristol!!:)

BGS!
 

Been there recently for Mod 1 brush up and they were great :ok:
Excellent notes and the 2 week brush up prepared me well for the exams.
Prepare yourself for some hard work!

Brush ups
 

Hi

I have researched and researched and read all your threads and it looks like I will definitely be signing up for BGS. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me how much money is needed for the accom and living expenses while on the brush up courses and exam sittings, I'm trying to budget so I don't fall short, you all know how it is.... all info appreciated

Cheers:)

I did my ATPLs with BGS a few years ago and they were excellent !!


Top Banana :O

Captain KC

I'm doing the brush up course there in May. I have booked a B&B which is £125/week and then £6.50 a night for dinner. I guess then you need to add in Lunch, although my B&B think they said they could provide a pack lunch as well.

As for exams, Think the nearest travel lodge is about £67 a night! I am planning on Commuting as can't really justify the expense especially when I only live 45 minutes from Gatwick

Hope this helps

The place I stayed at was £125 per week, breakfast included and evening meals were extra but well worth it - its nice to come home after studying and not having to worry about finding something to eat! There are lots of good places to stay on the accomodation list on the BGS site.

My exams were at gatwick - managed to get a couple of nights at a saver rate which you can get off the website, £26 per night which was handy!

I have done my research and have pretty much decided that BGS will be the way forward. Now I have addressed this in a subtley different way previously. I do not think i am that intelligent and am just wondering if the tutor types at BGS ever get pixxsed off answering stupid questions that I think Im bound to ask or is their service aimed at intellect as well as idiocy . Anybody here really struggeled with this studying if so how did you find the help from BGS . Overall from the impression I get from these forums I think the help would be good wheras others lime errrrm coughoxfordahem I feel may be alil "bugger off your not worthy "
Any thoughts

No such thing as stupid questions just stupid people!

Maxdrypower
No need to worry the help and support from BGS is excellent. Take a look at the JALS Forum - Technical subjects area. You don't need to register to browse.

http://www.jals.co.uk/forum/

Also look at the archive to get an idea of the sorts of questions asked and the way thay have been answered.

http://www.jals.co.uk/forum/archive/index.php

I know Scroggs has said it many times on here, but seriously, if you use the search function on the JALS site you'll find that many of the questions you want to ask have been answered previously.

Good luck.

crp/1, crp/5
 

just a quickie lad and lasses I have finnally done it and parted with 1100 squiddlies for mod 1. All references I have seen so far in the material have been for the CRP/5 I already have a CRP/1 from PPL . Is the CRP/1 sufficient or is it missing vital stuff and things needed for atpl ? Also i have one one those spiffing lil calculator things that do it all for you , are they verboten in exams or perfectly acceptable ?

CRP5
 

Hi,

You need the CRP5. It uses higher speeds, plus gives solutions to compressibility encountered at M0.4 +

Buy it and Baz will teach you how to really use it. - Avoid plastic brians!!!

Best of luck.

Funkie

Signing up for Bristol.gs
 

Quick question. How do you sign up for the ATPL training with Bristol.gs? I thought there would be a link or form or something on their website but I can't find nothing at all.

Hope someone will clarify before I drop them an e-mail and embarrass myself :O Thanks.

Phone them up, how is that embarassing? They are great people, a great school and just like most businesses, welcome customers. If they were to embarrass you for not knowing how to enrol then they would be doing themselves no favours and would leave you with a bad impression which you would be likely to pass onto other people. They wont do that!

Just ring them.

I meant "embarrassing" (tongue in cheek, of course) as in there being a big bold "SIGN UP" link somewhere obvious in their webpage and me missing it :cool: OK, so I take it it is a phone-up thing then. Thanks.

The link...
 

LH2, the direct link is here:

http://213.48.96.23/atponline/jalo/index.asp

although it is fairly obvious from the Bristol.gs homepage how to get there!

Anyway, good luck :ok:

That link is for 3 months access to the Bristol ATP website/question bank which is completely different to signing up for the Bristol GS per se. Incidentally the ATP question bank saved my bacon in the June exam sitting just gone. Word for word many of the actual questions and well worth the 50 quid in my opinion.

Hmmm. Maybe you should actually talk to them before signing up and commiting to an ATPL course anyway!?! :rolleyes:

OP. Just to let you know, got that sorted with a couple quick e-mails.

I guess I was expecting to see a link or something on their webpage and the lack of it threw me off---right after my afternoon siesta my wits weren't all there either :E

potkettleblack
 

You're correct, I'm guilty of not RTFQ as my instructors keep saying!

I had to phone up to get the software / find out about the course - there was no way of doing this online. But don't worry - they wever very friendly and helpful!

Re the £50 for three months - you're absolutely right - there is no way I would be without this resource - for less than the cost of one re-sit you can test yourself properly, and dip in and out whenever you have a few minutes.