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Don't get me wrong, the test itself wasn't bad at all. I actually remember being disappointed that, after all the time spent studying, it wasn't more of a challenge. It's the prep and buildup toward it that's stressful.

Your examiner will use the code on your report to determine your area of greatest "struggle" and push that button during the oral exam, so heads up there. Something tells me you'll do fine though.

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MIADX said:
Don't get me wrong, the test itself wasn't bad at all. I actually remember being disappointed that, after all the time spent studying, it wasn't more of a challenge. It's the prep and buildup toward it that's stressful.

Your examiner will use the code on your report to determine your area of greatest "struggle" and push that button during the oral exam, so heads up there. Something tells me you'll do fine though.

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Not always. Mine didn't even look at my sheet until I passed the oral to confirm officially. He knew I had passed the ADX but didn't care where I struggled. Missed 4 on obtaining international weather and I forget what else, which was international too. We literally never talked about it and the book never discussed it either. I felt cheated. 0/4 correct. Would have been ridiculous to have the oral even acknowledge that. (First edition of test 2015)
 
Well that was my experience (used Sheffield study guide and was tested by their examiner) and was pushed on my weak area at the time, regs. Only missed 5 questions, but 3-4 of them fell under that category. Even if the examiner doesn't approach it that way in his case, it still behooves him to reinforce them to cover all bases. Unless it's completely irrelevant like your example or those silly W&B calculations.

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MIADX said:
Well that was my experience (used Sheffield study guide and was tested by their examiner) and was pushed on my weak area at the time, regs. Only missed 5 questions, but 3-4 of them fell under that category. Even if the examiner doesn't approach it that way in his case, it still behooves him to reinforce them to cover all bases. Unless it's completely irrelevant like your example or those silly W&B calculations. Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk
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Jepp examiners also look at what you missed and go over those things in the oral. At least they did in my experience and our instructors prepped us on this fact so that we would review what we missed.
 
manniax said:
Weights are certainly important for dispatch, but weight and balance is usually handled by the station, dedicated load planners, or the crew themselves. In my twenty plus years of dispatching I've never performed a weight and balance calculation for a flight.
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I did one for fun one day just to see if I could do it. 0/10 wouldn't want to do it again.


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sometime you do have to run a basic weight and balance to see if you need ballast fuel or not (or at least that what we do in my shop)
 
Pilot121 said:
Is weight and balance not necessary for dispatch? Why are they "silly"?
I'm just curious!
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Because you don't need to know it for the Oral and Practical portions of the DX examination. [emoji1] All we had know was how to calculate the STAB trim for a given pax load/payload distribution. I'll defer to the actual dispatchers for real-world use.


P.S. Even if calculations are made in the field, I seriously doubt they use the formulas we were made to memorize.
 
womanpilot73 said:
Jepp examiners also look at what you missed and go over those things in the oral. At least they did in my experience and our instructors prepped us on this fact so that we would review what we missed.
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Yep we were also given a heads up. Here's the doc that outlines the codes and their subtopics for a quick reference as you begin your studies.

http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/media/learningstatementreferenceguide.pdf

"During the oral portion of the practical test, the examiner is required to evaluate the noted areas of deficiency."

I guess there is some leeway there as to how that "evaluation" is performed.
 
Thanks for the link for the codes. I was planning on going over the questions I missed before my practical.
 
manniax said:
Weights are certainly important for dispatch, but weight and balance is usually handled by the station, dedicated load planners, or the crew themselves. In my twenty plus years of dispatching I've never performed a weight and balance calculation for a flight.
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In my experience, both companies showed dispatchers the tools required to do a manual but like you said the load planner or pilots are responsible. Ironically at both places it's a no go ticket if they cannot do it themselves manually or via the FMS. "Here's how you would do a manual W&B, by the way forget this now because you're not allowed to do one." Of course if it was hitting the fan in Afghanistan I'm pretty sure the FAA/Company QA can write me up later I'm getting the crew out. Or at least forcing the duty manager to approve it so I CMA.
 
e30guy said:
I had my practical today and I think that easy the longest 6 hours of my life, but I am happy to report that I passed and have my ticket. Now it's time to get my resume out there and land a job.
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Congrats!! :)
 
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