Pre-fATPL study...
 

Well hello all on the Pro forum! Never thought I'd get here!

Ok, I am currently in the process of building my experience (Not just hours!) post PPL and have the typical view of many I suspect of taking it to CPL/IR/ATPL level.

Now I have earmarked my course, got my start date (Nov '07) and am just dotting the I's and crossing the T's at the moment.

What I have been doing over the past few months is getting my hands on a few of the groundschool books and reading them during my spare time... (Various schools literature I might add)

What I would love to know is what would people recommend I pay the most attention to pre-ATPL's so that it isn't such a smack in the face when I get to it for real... At this point i'm referring to groundschool and not the practical bits like flying!

I understand that people will have their strengths and weaknesses, but if you 'wished you had done/understood that' before, what would that something have been! I am guessing Air Law will be a popular answer to this, based on the PPL exams!

Apologies if this has been covered, but I did search and came up with nothing....

Cheers.

I would probably brush up on some maths e.g. manipulation of formulae, trig, pythagorus etc. That will put you ahead of the game for a lot of subjects in the syllabus.

CRP5, wind, drift, gen navigation. Get it sorted in advance.

Met

Even pay for the on line question bank and have a go in advance?

But why pre-course. Why not just start earlier?

h-r;)

Thanks for the response guys, I actually have the CRP-5 and even my sisters A Level Math revision books! Good start I guess!
Why not before... Money!! Isn't it always the way!
I want to shift straight on to the CPL/IR part as soon after doing the groundschool as possible... I have a financial plan in place, for what it's worth in this great expensive hobby of ours!

You could always just memorise one of the online QB's instead! You could skip all the unecessary ATPL waffle that way.

I'd have a gentile peruse through that well known book 'Ace The Pilot's Technical Interview' knowing what I know now (went BGS route for reference).

It'll give you some heads-up info about each topic, but you'll be learning the salient points in a concise manner. I like it but in no way have any financial or other interest in it!!

Also, as previously mentioned, get used to using the CRP-5. It does a lot more than you think!! I would advise wind-down method but worth asking around for advice.

Good luck, enjoy them (might feel difficult at the time!)