Phew
Got the Med Certificate through yesterday morning, always a relief, the Initial Class 1 was something I thought Id fail, Ive no idea why, I thought my eyesight would let me down but I have 20/20 at the ripe old age of 31 hehe.
I guess the next stage is the ATPL theory, Im not loking forward to this either, the only studying I have done since leaving school was 2 years for my current job, an Open University Maths course as part of a degree 3 years ago and my PPL study so being in a learning environment again will be tough but I know the rewards at the end of it will be worthwhile.
Now to decide on whether to study with Oxford or Bristol.gs, on Pprune Bristol has all the rave reviews which is good but then theres the thing about studying with Oxford and the unfounded view that it could help job prospects at the end of it, opinions always welcome as normal 🙂
Have fun guys
Dean.
By: Deano - 9th September 2004 at 20:49
Hi Martin
I have to go modular mate as I hold a full time job although I only work 3 days a week which is a major plus, end of the day Im looking for 1st time passes in all 14 exams (as we all are) so as I go about this im not too bothered, like I said above im not sure what truth there is in having studied the ATPL with Oxford gives you better job prospects but time will tell
Keep me informed how yours is going mate, send me a PM and I’ll pass you my msn, email, mobile etc if wish
Rgds
Dean
By: martin_EGTK - 9th September 2004 at 13:07
What form of groundschool are you looking to do? Distance learning or full time classroom study? Our ground school at Oxford is excellent and suits many many people very well. The instructors are very good and the course is very thorough. However, you are taught way beyond what you need to know for the exams, which, although in many ways is great thing, for people like me who are very lazy means a lot of extra work for very little extra in the end. Bristol is very good from what I’ve heard but you are taught much more just to pass the exams rather than to have a vast knowledge of air driven gyros!!
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