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Dick W

Bristol ground school
 

Hello all,
I'm a PPL and I'm looking to begin studying the ATPL theory (Distance learning with pre-exam brush-up residential course). I've looked at quite a few providers and Bristol seems a good bet.
Has anyone had experiences with them. The study materials look good plus there is also the JAA question bank which I like the idea of.
Any thoughts, good or bad, would be gratefully recieved.

If I may add another query, is there any benefit in buying the course as a whole or in two parts?

very quiet today, must be the England game!!!

Try a search mate! Lots of info on the forum....

Oreleon- I was at Oxford for the exams- its overrated and torture. Choose the cheapest provider and go with them if money is tight. You can purchase the Bristol Ground School database with all the questions on it- the majority of them are identical to the JAAs- of course you need to study the stuff- but with this database you are as good as through- many who haven't used it have found that they are resitting a couple of exams!

Olaf, I did a search but couldn't find too much about the study materials.

Microfilter, seems to confirm my gut feeling.

Thank you both for the feedback.
I'm a little bit down at the moment. dodgy argentine ref and moody portuguese diving. Roll on Euro 2008!!!

Bristol have this whole ATPL exam malarky sussed. I definately had the impression at Gatwick (a while back now, cripes!) that the Bristol bunch generally had the edge on preparedness.

Blame Rooney, he lost it and then we lost it.

thanks HWD. Your views seems to agree with the opinion I've formed by looking about on PPRUNE, thanks again.

I'm open to other opinions if anyone has them

Good bunch
 

I completed module with Bristol and i`m currently doing module 2 with them.Notes are excellent,the back up they give you is second to none via there website or just give them a ring and one of the instructors will talk through any queries:) I did find the two week brush up a challange,but thats what its all about,hard work to achieve a lifetime goal(take it all step by step).Saying that i really did enjoy the whole thing from the enviroment to the instructors stories.I have never read anything bad about Bristol on here which says alot.Good luck:}

i blame rooney for not doing enough, i would have knocked the smile off that smug pratt ronaldo, if ever there was a face to punch it's his!

Thank you all, my mind's made up. Cheers.

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in two parts

i) you only have to pay half the money straight away

ii) if you dont like it you dont have to continue

iii) the money is better in your bank account gaining interest, while waiting to complete the first module.

I am even taking the course here in Holland, at Orbit Groundschool. Looking at Bristol's website it shows that one can now also do the course in France(!) Germany, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greece, etc. It seems to be expanding rapidly, and that says something aboutthe success of the course I guess :) Revision course module I next week, looking forward to it!

I did Module One with them recently, now doing Module Two, can't recommend them highly enough. The study materials are top notch, fantastic back up during the distance learning phase is available, and the brush up course whilst certainly hard work clarifies and consolidates all the learning really well, the instructors are fantastic and certainly know their stuff. The feedback questions you get at Bristol are also extremely helpful. The whole experience would have been a whole lot more stressful for me had I not had Bristol's expertise behind me, and no I promise I don't work for Bristol groundschool!!!

Also worth mentioning I went to Bristol based on my instructor's recommendations, who acted on HIS instructor's recommendation, and if I ever become an instructor I will certainly be recommending it as well!!

I was at OAT and God, how I wish i had gone to Bristol- if you are in ANY WAY undecided on which school to attend- pm me for the truth on Oxford and SAVE YOUR CASH.....

Hi Guys

Have read this thread with interest. Ive looked at the bristol GS website indepth and also searched on here for answers to this question but as yet have yet to find a clarifying answer......

I want to do the modular route to an atpl and want to use bristol GS for the exams. Im about to finish my PPL with around 48 hours. Can i start the study for the exams straight away or do I need to build hours first? Its says on BGS website that to do the skills test you need 150 hours however nothing about hours needed before starting study.

Many thanks in advance and good luck to all who are doimg it already!

Dom

You have 18 months from sitting first exam to completed them all.

You then have 36 months from passing last exam to completing your IR or the exam passes downgrade ???? or you have to sit them again, not sure which it is.

You don't want to be wasting time hour building after sitting ATPLs for you to start your CPL training as the clock will be ticking away.

Please can someone clarify my interpretation.

Depends on how long you intend to take doing your hour building really. Many of the people I know went out to the US and did 100 hours over a month or so which isn't really that long in the scheme of things. If however you intend to do an hour here and there somewhere in the UK then I can see the problem.