Phase 1 Complete

Since my last post, we have been taught the final 6 subjects which were Meteorology, AGK(Engines, Electrics, Airframes and Systems), Operational Procedures, Air Law, Visual flight rules communications and Instrument flight rules communications.

Although I found some of the subjects interesting, module 3 was by far the hardest for me as there were so many more things to remember than the other 2 modules. It became more of a memory capacity test rather than knowledge of the subject.

Met was a subject that I found difficult but I did enjoy learning about the different weather that we will see on a day to day basis as an airline pilot. It covered areas such as predicting what weather you would see on the passing of a frontal system, what happens when different air masses meet each other and also how to read METAR'S/TAF'S which are basically coded scripts which pilots are given to give current and future weather based on actual observations and computer generated predictions.

AGK is everything to do with the aircraft. Learning how the different types engines work, learning about the electronic systems in aircraft like the Airbus and the Boeing 737. I enjoyed this subject the most because I have always been surrounded by mechanical knowledge from my kart racing days and from my degree which helped me grasp the concepts we were learning. The one thing that helped my knowledge the most was my work placement at the maintenance centre at Cardiff airport during my summer time off. The things we were learning about were the things I was working on back then.

Ops was a fact learning subject where we had to learn about things like how many oxygen masks need to be provided on commercial planes, the number of fire extinguishers and a load of other facts which I won't bore you with. Along with Ops, Air law which as the name suggests, we had to learn about the rules of the air. It was another memory capacity test.

Comms was by far the easiest subject. Having a PPL made these subject a lot easier as it is just learning what you would say on the radio at different times.

I'm pleased to say that I not only passed all 6 exams and also beat my overall target of getting over 90% throughout all 14 subjects sat in the last 6 months.

It has been a very stressful 6 months but with ground school out the way, there finally feels like there is light at the end of the tunnel.

More post-it notes than any other module.

Playing with long exposure out the front window

QA09 after final exams

Paperless studying??

Class of CP128