WEEK 7: AIR LAW #11

Airline Prep

This week was the dreaded topic of Air Law (or 'Air Bore' as I like to call it). I had heard a lot about Law
and it certainly lived up to reputation. I found it very difficult to show any interest or read into the subject in any depth. It is very much a data base topic and I have taken the advice of cadets ahead of me by simply question banking it a lot and learning the answers, with the odd exception. There are a few sub-topics which are reasonably relevant and interesting such as holding patterns and approach procedures, but why on earth we need to know how many pairs of lines are required either side of the center line according to the runway width is beyond me! Why anyone would care about that kind of stuff baffles me. But, sadly these kind of facts have to be learned to get the license and I imagine will be quickly forgotten once the exam is done.

A brief look at holding patterns (sorry about the orientation)

We didn't get a chance to go on the sims this week which was a bit disappointing but I'm not too fussed because it gave me more time to bank law and learn the answers.

My sim at home

Our instructor absolutely rattled through everything and at the end of each topic went through some past paper questions with us. We finished the whole subject before lunch on the final day so spent the afternoon doing a couple of practice exams. I did well in the first one, getting 84%, but then I got 70% in the second attempt which doesn't really make sense but everyone found the second paper harder than the first.

Rafa Patel

This weekend I traveled into London to play football for my school old boys which was great fun. We lost 3-0 but I personally had a decent game and it was great to get out in the sunshine and play some sport again. The journey however took just under 4 hours each way which made the day much longer than I anticipated but I managed to get lots of question banking done on the train and bus which was good. I completed a couple of past papers when I got home and passed them both reasonably comfortably so I feel relatively confident with Air Law now.

Our campus tennis court

Instruments is my challenge for tomorrow (Sunday), which I imagine will be a lot more stressful.

Amazing sunset over Southampton

I found I was really forcing myself to come home after football, the thought of returning to a dark room to work did not seem appealing in comparison to playing sport in the sun. The target of New Zealand is really pulling me through at the moment.

Final 3 days of teaching next week before revision starts!