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Rolled up to the Quality Inn in Manukau this morning around 7:15am for the first of my CPL exams... Human Factors! A nice easy one to get started...

The testing officer lady was, shall we say, a little grumpy... But we were all eventually signed in and seated by 8am (except for one guy... ASL had not sent his exam paper to the testing venue.. DOH!)

Then the other testing officer got into a verbal argument with one guy about whether or not he was allowed to use a book... I think he was doing Principles of Flight and Aeroplane Performance... but it got really heated and the testing officer started getting really angry... quite bizarre!

They allow 1hr 30mins for the 40 questions... I took just under 25 minutes and I only had to guess at about 4 of them, and of those, I am sure I got 2 right, coz I checked the answers as soon as I got out of the exam

and I now know why people claim that the ASL exams are really 'english' exams... questions like "What is a Mind Set":

A. This includes hearing things you expect to hear, rather than what is spoken (from crew members and ATC etc.).
B. A collection of brains.
C. Refers only to seeing things that you expect to see, rather than what is actually there.
D. Analysing a situation, making up you mind and refusing to change once a decision is made.

Note the subtle differences between A. and C.... with the words "includes" and "only"... you definitely want to read the question, form an answer in your head, then cross out the obviously wrong answers and then find the answer that most closely matches what you think.


Now I have to get up and do it all again tomorrow morning for Air Law... somehow I don't think I will only take 25 minutes for that one!!






ps. I am fairly sure the answer is A

HCP, that so easy .... This is your 'Brain Case' USE IT ! "What is a Mind Set" ...... B. A collection of brains.

You could argue that "D" as well as "C" is the answer although I guess you dont analyse a situation and then have a mind set but yes I agree "A" is the best answer.

Good luck with the law paper - I know from my university days the law papers were some of the toughest as there is so much to digest.

Good stuff HCP I think you should find law pretty easy aswell (by comparison to the rest) as it is just remembering facts an stuff like HF. I did HF and law together as well (one day after the other) but after that it was just individual exams and weeks between em

Good luck for all your exams mate
Are you going to get a job in aviation once you have your CPL?

Ian Warren wrote:

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jul 28 2008, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

"What is a Mind Set" ...... B. A collection of brains.

That wasn't actually one of the answers... I could not remember the other 2, only A and C... so I made them up... and it sounded good...

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Jul 28 2008, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could argue that "D" as well as "C" is the answer although I guess you dont analyse a situation and then have a mind set but yes I agree "A" is the best answer.

yeah... as above... D was not actually and answer... I just made that one up...

A185F wrote:

QUOTE (A185F @ Jul 28 2008, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good stuff HCP I think you should find law pretty easy aswell (by comparison to the rest) as it is just remembering facts an stuff like HF. I did HF and law together as well (one day after the other) but after that it was just individual exams and weeks between em

Yeah... people said HF and Law, do them together... so I did... the rest like PoF, AirTech, Met and Nav are going to be 'attacked' one at a time... I am hoping to get 2 more in before Xmas... but I'll have to see how the study goes... probably going to do AirTech and Nav next... PoF scares me, as does Met... cloud types?? errrr.... white & fluffy, white & streaky... ummm grey with wet bits falling out of it... oh and black with electricity

Daniel wrote:

QUOTE (Daniel @ Jul 28 2008, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are you going to get a job in aviation once you have your CPL?

I would like too... no point having a CPL if I'm not going to use it! I would aspire to flying the heavy metal, but to be honest, would be just as happy in a 1900D, Dash-8 or ATR whizzing up and down the country...

I was chatting to a guy at the exam this morning who was doing BGT (Basic Gas Turbine)... just scored himself a job with Eagle (he's off to Canada tomorrow to do the 1900 type rating)... he was saying they pay instructors in Oz! whatever will they think of next So maybe there is hope for me yet...