Instrument training

[joel_MQY]

Great explanation, drunkenbeagle. Thank you!

 

[🦈💜]

Is buying the Jepp Instrument/Commercial book worth the money or are the FAA publications enough?

The Jepp book is basically the FAA pubs slightly rephrased, with trivia sidebar items, at a textbook price ($$$$). I find the FAA stuff far easier to follow, and more logically presented. I own both.

I feel like the Jepp stuff tries to add value by adding junk, but just ends up rambling and expensive.

-Fox

 

[killbilly]

The Jepp book is basically the FAA pubs slightly rephrased, with trivia sidebar items, at a textbook price ($$$$). I find the FAA stuff far easier to follow, and more logically presented. I own both.

I feel like the Jepp stuff tries to add value by adding junk, but just ends up rambling and expensive.

-Fox

To echo the fantastic Mr. Fox (see what I did there?) I also have both.

I did buy the Jepp book because I'm a Part 61 pilot working from a 141 syllabus and that's what the school I'm training with uses. I have found the Jepp book useful, though, and sometimes the re-phrasing angle helps. Not always - it's a your-mileage-may-vary kind of thing. Depending on the kind of student you are, one advantage might be the chapter summaries and 'test yourself' sections in the Jepp book.

But on the whole, Fox is right.

 

[hook_dupin]

If you plan on going on, now is the time to buy Everything Explained... I like it because it's easily readable, well indexed, and has references back to the appropriate 14 CFR sections.

 

[drunkenbeagle]

Another vote for "everything explained.". Thumbing through it for a few hours is enough to remind you of stuff you would otherwise have forgotten.