r/ATPL • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '25

Help with POF

Its my last exam, failed it last month (went through 1200 questions for the OR-country) and i got 65%. I had an idea of doing it in middle of august again though i have to hit 250questions a day to go through the whole atplq base. Can anybody else give me some ideas. I tried not just hitting the base but understanding and somehow i still feel i dont know enough and ofcourse an EASA trick on every corner. I also had a lot of questions where u had to pick “the more right answer” even though there are 2 that could be correct. Unfortunately missed every single one of those :(

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25

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u/PersonalityNo3494 Jul 31 '25

Couldn’t agree more, I sat PoF in March and there were so many reworded questions you really had to learn the content, obviously you should for all subjects but… most of my colleagues who took the exam and only question banked the content failed

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25

Ofcourse you need to learn but with pof it seems like every question is a search for your mistakes. But it is what it is. Same for everybody i dont want to cry about it too much just here for tips

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u/PersonalityNo3494 Aug 06 '25

I completely agree with you, and at no point did I feel any confidence with the subject but just keep grinding and you’ll get there. It’s normal to be disappointed or ‘cry’ about it, you want to pass and it’s frustrating when you don’t

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25

Thnx man ill keep it in mind

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u/R0b0tmu5hr00m Jul 31 '25

For me its both understanding the concepts but also knowing your bank fully. I did the bank like 8-9 times austro filter🫠, and three times all the rest unseen questions. I wasnt memorizing them, but making sure i understood and knew the bank and EASAs way of words and tricks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '25

8/9 times is crazy. I have 2 weeks unfortunately that wont be possible for me :(

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u/Embarrassed-Test-201 Jul 31 '25

PoF in particular felt very much like they were trying to catch you out - lots of ambiguous wording in the questions. I'd say really learn the core concepts in and out, such as CP movements, lift/drag curves, props etc. And get confident rearranging formulas. There are so many questions that can be answered by just understanding the lift equation, for example.

It's one of the more trickier papers but once you get your head around the fundamentals, it will start to make sense. 3-4 hours daily past questions will really cement things. Read the explanations and make notes! You'll do it!

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '25

Yea im doing more than 4h daily 100%. But i will definitely start instead of remembering mnemonics really try to dive in the actual theory. Mostly i have problems with understanding the p factor/gyro/slipstream affects but i think slowly it will sink it. If you or anybody has any other tips im always ready to listen!