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And another vote for CAPT. The Bristol question bank is worthwhile as final prep for the exams - £50 gets you 3 months of access. If you ask around, you may be able to find someone who finished up the month before you who isn't using the other 2 months of their subscription.
In summary, CAPT for the training, and a subscription to the Bristol question bank for exam practise.
In summary, CAPT for the training, and a subscription to the Bristol question bank for exam practise.
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In summary, CAPT for the training, and a subscription to the Bristol question bank for exam practise.
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Bristol has heli questions. They are the best database - the problem is that the rest of Europe hasn't caught up with them yet! 
We recommend our students use it about 4 weeks before the exams, when they have enough knowledge to figure out the problems (not with Bristol but with the JAA!)
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We recommend our students use it about 4 weeks before the exams, when they have enough knowledge to figure out the problems (not with Bristol but with the JAA!)Phi
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what tests, what order
Can someone please tell me what specific subjects are included in the modules 1 and 2 and each respective school: oxford, bristol, cabair, cranfield, bournemouth etc. In other words, what tests do you study for first? The reason I am asking is because I have not settled on a ground school provider yet, but I already have the books and want to get started.
For example, Naples Air Center has two modules:
1. Meteorology / Navigation / Instrumentation / Performance / Principles of Flight / VFR and IFR Comm
followed by
2. Radio Nav / Flight planning / Air Law / Mass and Balance / Operational Procedures / Aircraft Gen Know / Human Performance
In laymans terms, WHAT TESTS DO I STUDY FOR FIRST????????????
For example, Naples Air Center has two modules:
1. Meteorology / Navigation / Instrumentation / Performance / Principles of Flight / VFR and IFR Comm
followed by
2. Radio Nav / Flight planning / Air Law / Mass and Balance / Operational Procedures / Aircraft Gen Know / Human Performance
In laymans terms, WHAT TESTS DO I STUDY FOR FIRST????????????
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It depends on the school so you need to ask them. Unless you have an exemption, you would need to enrol with a school before you start studying.
Some schools (I went to AFT) will allow you to study the subjects in whichever order you want and I split mine into three modules to make it easier on my study time.
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Some schools (I went to AFT) will allow you to study the subjects in whichever order you want and I split mine into three modules to make it easier on my study time.
Cheers
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We do ours in a specific order to minimise repetition. They can be varied, but we'd prefer you not to.
Module 1 ATPL
HPL
POF
AGK
Instruments
Module 2
RNAV
Met
Air Law
Ops
Comms I & V
Module 3
FPM
FPP
M&B
Nav
The FW course will be similar
Phil
Module 1 ATPL
HPL
POF
AGK
Instruments
Module 2
RNAV
Met
Air Law
Ops
Comms I & V
Module 3
FPM
FPP
M&B
Nav
The FW course will be similar
Phil
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If you're studying the helicopter-specific questions (ie. not the transitional), the Bristol bank is mostly excellent. That said, when I last looked at it a year back, there were a number of incorrect questions on stuff that wasn't in the syllabus, so you need to know what you're supposed to know (if that makes sense).
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These question banks are all based around the ATPL questions I think. Does anyone know where all the best questions are for CPL(H) level? I would rather spend my time rehearsing all the relevant answers.
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Don't Bristol have a CPL database as well? I'm sure there was a link there for one, but I've never tried it, as it wasn't relevant to me. Perhaps give one of the schools running a CPL(H) course (CAPT, Tiger?) a ring and see what they recommend?
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Bristol has CPL(H) questions. It's not that the questions are easier but that the CPL covers a narrower syllabus.
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I did the CPL(H) Air Law, Operational Procedures and VFR Comms today at Gatwick. Bar 3 or 4 questions on the Ops paper, I'd seen virtually all the other questions via the Bristol database. 
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Some answers:
I don't believe the interim system is available (in the UK) anymore - you have to do the heli-specific one if you want a CPL(H). Which is fine, as it's much better than the interim one anyway.
You can subscribe to the Bristol questionbank whether you're a student of theirs or not. Last I looked, it cost £50 for 3 months of access.
My recommendation would be CAPT for the groundschool, with a subscription to the Bristol QB for final brush-up before exams. This is the route I followed, and it worked amazingly well.
I don't believe the interim system is available (in the UK) anymore - you have to do the heli-specific one if you want a CPL(H). Which is fine, as it's much better than the interim one anyway.
You can subscribe to the Bristol questionbank whether you're a student of theirs or not. Last I looked, it cost £50 for 3 months of access.
My recommendation would be CAPT for the groundschool, with a subscription to the Bristol QB for final brush-up before exams. This is the route I followed, and it worked amazingly well.
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Originally Posted by Faicho
Does anyone have some kind of "loss of license" insurance to cover you if you lost your medical? Obviously the ATPL/IR road isn't cheap so it'd be nice to have some safety net in case the worst happened, a safety so it can't become an investment completely lost.
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/185...insurance.html