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Officer448

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Hey to all. I'm planning on attending ATP and have discovered from reading many previous posts, it is easier to have all the writtens done prior to start date. My question is how to you prepare for your writtens. Gleim.com has an online ground school for all ratings, just wandering if anyone had ever used their online program. I would like to be at ATP by sometime in spring '05, and was just wandeirng how long it will take me to prep for each of the writtens. Any input will be greatly appreciated.
 
Well, here is my personal experience. I went to ALLATPs in Dallas. I did zero preparation! ZERO!!!

They have this deal where you can preview all the questions with the answers for as long as you want. I spent about 6 hours doing this.

Then I took the test later the same day. I passed with a 90%.

Now, the FE written is a little different, or so I hear. It is important to get a good score - 95% and up. So I have seen guys study the Gliem book for that. I never got my FE written, so I can't comment personally.

DISCLAIMER: my results are no guarantee someone else's ability to pass without study. just one man's story.


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Well, here is my personal experience. I went to ALLATPs in Dallas. I did zero preparation! ZERO!!!

They have this deal where you can preview all the questions with the answers for as long as you want. I spent about 6 hours doing this.

Then I took the test later the same day. I passed with a 90%.

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you are talking about the ATP and FEX tests, the OP is talking about the IRA, FII, CAX, FOI and FIA tests.

to the OP, once you put down the deposit for the course you will get gliem books for all of the tests, just go through those cover to cover, and you'll be ready for the tests in no time.
 
I am considering ATP for my pilot training, from 0 to MEI, and I will probably start around May (60+90 day).

Can anybody respond to these issues:

I have read a lot of posts that recommend getting my written tests done before I attend. Is that relevant for everybody (I have zero time) or just for people who have their PPL and will start the 90 day course? I currently have no knowledge of what is in those tests and I can not understand how I will be able to take my commercial or CFI tests before I even know the basics of flying, as I would expect the test to, at least, partially relate to the practical subjects I will be learning.
One solution I can think of is that during the 60 day segment, where I do my PPL, which is relatively long to other places (4-6 weeks) due to the extra XC hours I also utilize this time to prepare for my written tests that I will take during the 90 day segment.

Vingus:
I understand this system of reviewing the questions and answers before the test, and there by having a better chance of success, however, as I believe these test have some importance to my safety later in my flying career (I may be wrong), I believe that as fast as you can learn the answers, you can also forget them.
In other words: Yes, you passed the test, but do you know the material?
Isn't this a somewhat flawed way of learning? Especially when your life and maybe many others my depend on it?
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You have a point, I'll give you that. Maybe I should have prefaced my statement with I already had a good knowledge of FAR/AIM and several thousand hours of domestic and internation flying while serving in the Air Force.

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Vingus, my apologies if I offended you, I certainly didn't mean to. My post was meant more towards the writtens for the PPL-COM licenses. I guess the ATP written is a bit different as you already have quite a lot of experience by the time you get there, military or not, and I didn't see your clarification until after I wrote my post.

Aside from that, The issue of how the written tests are passed/material leaned is still concerning me, and as ATP is one of my main choices I would be happy for some replies from instructors or former students from ATP.

Thanks,
Daniel.
 
I bought the King CD-Rom's. It was a little pricey, but I got 98's and better. I still have them if you want to buy them off me, cheap. As far as getting them out of the way, it is one less thing to think about while your are studying with a specific time to finish. Do it before at your own pace, get an understanding of the material. It will only aid you in your studying and teaching later on.
 
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I bought the King CD-Rom's. It was a little pricey, but I got 98's and better. I still have them if you want to buy them off me, cheap. As far as getting them out of the way, it is one less thing to think about while your are studying with a specific time to finish. Do it before at your own pace, get an understanding of the material. It will only aid you in your studying and teaching later on.

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King is a good course. Did my private and instrument with their dvd, though martha is a little hard to watch for a few hours, it worked for me. Good prep stuff.
 
Daniel,
I went through both the 60 private out in Jax and the 90 day Career Pilot Program out in Jax, and am now an instructor. Watching the videos, helps, not fully, but prepares you for the written tests. As far as the rote vs. application and correlation, FOI example, ATP and your constant review of these processes will get you to a thorough understanding. I felt I was able to delve deeper into subjects with the basic foundation from the videos. And if you don't like the King videos, Martha being a bit dry and John corny, there are other companies that have a similar product. The King video's because they are so different made it easier for me to remember many of the particulars.
 
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