So that's it, fourteen subjects covered and none to go, the whole ATPL syllabus has been completed.
After a long weekend Human Performance (HPL) was the topic to be studied. Having done Psychology A-level I was looking forward to HPL as a lot of the areas are the same or similar to what I did last year at school. It didn't fail to disappoint, it has become my new favorite subject and was definitely the most enjoyable.
It is a relatively laid back course and the concepts are fairly straight forward to understand. We seemed to watch one or two air crash investigations a day which was brilliant. The subject seemed to be so relevant as well which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. The scenarios we talked about are real life scenarios that we need to be aware of and know how to prevent or deal with (for example, decompression, hypoxia, hyperventilation as well as a few biological things like parts of the ear and eye and how they work).
I learned quite a lot and will definitely take that forward with me into the future to prevent potential accidents or incidents occurring.
On the last day of HPL we did a couple of practice exams (in which I got 91 & 89% so happy days), watched an aircrash investigation and then a doctor came in to give a lecture on his experience of dealing with disorientated pilots. He was very good and again it was great hearing about real life scenarios. It's scary how easy it is to become disorientated without visual references!
We then got to experience it ourselves by trying to walk in a straight line whilst wearing these funny goggles which made walking seem like the most challenging task on Earth!
Over all, a very enjoyable subject!
The last three days were spent on Operational Procedures (OPS) which was fairly similar to air law. There's a lot of tables and figures to memorize which is no fun at all. There are also a lot of rules to be aware of such as what to do in the event of a fire, decompression, ditching, micro-bursts, icing etc.
To be honest it's all a bit boring and I think the more time spent on the bank for it, the better.
It's a great feeling not having to go in for lessons now and it's all just revision now for the next 23 days. The mocks start on Wednesday and the real exams start on July 7th. Let the grafting begin!
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After a long weekend Human Performance (HPL) was the topic to be studied. Having done Psychology A-level I was looking forward to HPL as a lot of the areas are the same or similar to what I did last year at school. It didn't fail to disappoint, it has become my new favorite subject and was definitely the most enjoyable.
It is a relatively laid back course and the concepts are fairly straight forward to understand. We seemed to watch one or two air crash investigations a day which was brilliant. The subject seemed to be so relevant as well which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. The scenarios we talked about are real life scenarios that we need to be aware of and know how to prevent or deal with (for example, decompression, hypoxia, hyperventilation as well as a few biological things like parts of the ear and eye and how they work).
I learned quite a lot and will definitely take that forward with me into the future to prevent potential accidents or incidents occurring.
On the last day of HPL we did a couple of practice exams (in which I got 91 & 89% so happy days), watched an aircrash investigation and then a doctor came in to give a lecture on his experience of dealing with disorientated pilots. He was very good and again it was great hearing about real life scenarios. It's scary how easy it is to become disorientated without visual references!
We then got to experience it ourselves by trying to walk in a straight line whilst wearing these funny goggles which made walking seem like the most challenging task on Earth!
Over all, a very enjoyable subject!
The last three days were spent on Operational Procedures (OPS) which was fairly similar to air law. There's a lot of tables and figures to memorize which is no fun at all. There are also a lot of rules to be aware of such as what to do in the event of a fire, decompression, ditching, micro-bursts, icing etc.
To be honest it's all a bit boring and I think the more time spent on the bank for it, the better.
It's a great feeling not having to go in for lessons now and it's all just revision now for the next 23 days. The mocks start on Wednesday and the real exams start on July 7th. Let the grafting begin!
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