I have so many questions, I don't know where to start.
First: What is the weather been like?
Yucky! anic:
Second (and definitely most importantly): What is Basic like?
Snoozefest if you have prior aviation experience ie pilot or any knowledge of the 7110.65 Are tests daily/weekly?
The tests come after every lesson, but they don't count. You have tests after every "block" which is usually comprised of about 5 lesson plans that can vary between 30 to 70 pages each (Note: read and study EVERYTHING I'm not permitted to give you questions, but some of the questions are so trivial you kinda just sit there for a minute with your mouth hanging open and want to kill yourself Do you have an aviation history?
Yeah I have an aviation background, I fly and my dad's wanted me to do this since he took me to ZBW at 6 years old (if you're new to the forum ATLTracon is my dad) I went to CTI school for a year and completed 48 aviation credits in my 2 semesters there and read the 7110.65 religiously cause I'm a dork Have you found basic to be easy or hard?
Basics as I said was a snorefest for me, but it really depends on your ability to absorb things easily and your aptitude for this sort of thing (we had one girl who studied her ass off and failed every block test and probably the final (didn't get confirmation on that one) Btw, she's still here too. I hope that helps the public's confidence in aviation and the safety of air travel) How much time are you spending studying outside of class?
I don't study at all outside of class except to look up the occasional thing in the 7110.65, but if you're looking for a typical student a group of people from my class get together all the time to practice phraseology, it hasn't helped them much, but i digress.