ATP Written

Beech90

Beech90

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Has anyone taken the ATP written after the new Reg change? Apparently there's a bunch of new questions in the bank, and I'm trying to decide if using the old school sheppard air way of memorizing answers and memory aides would still work.
 
Beech90 said:
Has anyone taken the ATP written after the new Reg change? Apparently there's a bunch of new questions in the bank, and I'm trying to decide if using the old school sheppard air way of memorizing answers and memory aides would still work.
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Have you called Sheppard? Per Sheppard's ATP page:

The "new" ATP written exams announced in 2013 have now been implemented. They are ATP Multiengine (ATM) and ATP Single Engine (ATS). The new ATM test is longer (125 scored questions) and you now have 4 hours for the test instead of 3.
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You should be fine. When I took it, there were a lot of performance based questions which you can easily get the answers from the chart. Overall this written seemed harder than the old one. Either way good luck. Who did you do the CTP program with?
 
Sheppard Air is a business. Its in their best interest to make sure its up-to-date. You'll not be disappointed by Sheppard Air.
 
As we have chatted about in pm's I took the sporties course through abx. It's a check the box thing. Alot of money but what can you do. I also did the shep air atp prep and there were a lot of new questions on the test but most of the new questions I hadn't seen on the study guide through shep air were topics covered in the atp CTP course. I got an 89 and swore I had failed. There were a good number of pilot mentality questions and a good number of high speed aerodynamics based questions. (Mach tuck and coffin corner stuff)

I had a lot of performance charts and what not but you have the graph and if you can follow the line they are pretty simple. I don't know if it was just my test but I had zero long weight and balance and performance questions (first half of the shep air memory items page 1)

Other then that if you pay attention in your CTP and study shep air you will be fine.
 
Redline165 said:
As we have chatted about in pm's I took the sporties course through abx. It's a check the box thing. Alot of money but what can you do. I also did the shep air atp prep and there were a lot of new questions on the test but most of the new questions I hadn't seen on the study guide through shep air were topics covered in the atp CTP course. I got an 89 and swore I had failed. There were a good number of pilot mentality questions and a good number of high speed aerodynamics based questions. (Mach tuck and coffin corner stuff)

I had a lot of performance charts and what not but you have the graph and if you can follow the line they are pretty simple. I don't know if it was just my test but I had zero long weight and balance and performance questions (first half of the shep air memory items page 1)

Other then that if you pay attention in your CTP and study shep air you will be fine.
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Just out of personal curiosity, what did you guys do in the DC9 sim?
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Just out of personal curiosity, what did you guys do in the DC9 sim?
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The 767 was used for the demonstration's on automation with CAT3 approaches/Autoland, autothrottles, and the FMS.

The DC9 was used for the signs and runway markers, all the different stalls and the stick shaker. The 767 was neat in seeing all the bells and whistles but as far as just being fun to fly (for someone with no sim or jet time) the DC9 was alot more fun to fly.
 
Redline165 said:
The 767 was used for the demonstration's on automation with CAT3 approaches/Autoland, autothrottles, and the FMS.

The DC9 was used for the signs and runway markers, all the different stalls and the stick shaker. The 767 was neat in seeing all the bells and whistles but as far as just being fun to fly (for someone with no sim or jet time) the DC9 was alot more fun to fly.
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I just finished up in the DC9 sim last week, its not bad once you get used to it. (For a type rating, not the CTP)
 
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Soku39 said:
Ouch, well that hurts the team.
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Yes it did. I've caught a lot of flack for paying it but I saw an opportunity and am fortunate enough that i could take advantage of it. It was a lot to pay but the job i was interested in required the written. I wanted the job, so i put out the coin. Aviation is my 2nd career. The first line of work paid very well (especially for a 22 year old) and allowed me to pay as i went to get my ratings and show up for my first job in aviation with zero debt. I also figured id be in the low paying regional boat at some point and planned accordingly.

I got lucky. I would have never figured this out on my own but I got a lot of very good advise from some older people in the industry. (primarily about don't go into debt if at all possible and plan your life around making 20k a year for a while) and so far ts worked. My wife has a good job that helps pick up the slack and as stated, I'm lucky i had some smart guys to get advise from.
 
Beech90 said:
Has anyone taken the ATP written after the new Reg change? Apparently there's a bunch of new questions in the bank, and I'm trying to decide if using the old school sheppard air way of memorizing answers and memory aides would still work.
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What movie is your avitar from again?
 
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