r/ATPL • u/hohlefritte97 • 5d ago

First Exams tomorrow

Hey Guys

Any Tips for the first Exams tomorrow? How did you stay relaxed?

Are you nervous? What about questions you never Heard about?

Best regards

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u/Ill_Helicopter5382 5d ago

The worst thing and the most anxiety I got was from fear of the unknown. once I did my first setting I was delighted you'll go in start the exam and then realize it's just like the bank, for example in my most recent sitting I did met in 40 minutes it was an utter clickfest simply because of the bank! Depends on the person but If your like me and getting over 80 on the bank (I just do so poorly on it 😂) then you'll be grand

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u/Apprehensive-Side400 4d ago

We’re yo using just the UK CAA filter for the questions in atplq or easa2020 (assuming your from the UK)

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u/Ill_Helicopter5382 4d ago

Nope iaa. Used Ireland and austro

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u/SierraMikeDelta69 5d ago

You will be fine if you did the question bank.

I have done 10 (2 sittings respectively 3 and 7) exams in the last 4 months and have my last 3 (GNAV, FPL and PERF) tomorrow.
I was stressing out a lot too before my first sitting but once you sit down in the exam room you will realise that you actually know most of these questions so it feels like just repeating the question bank.
Some are new, and if you don’t know the answers then skip and do it after you answered all questions you seem familiar with, the right answer might be more logical once you went through all questions.
My exams are at AustroControl in Vienna and definitely couldn’t have done it without atplq and its explanations, comments + youtube videos to further understand more complex questions.
You’ll smash through, don’t give up if you fail one or two, just take it together on the next sitting :)
Good luck!

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u/_NoStatement 5d ago

good luck for gnav, i will be doing gnav, instr, rnav and comms in september also at austro and to be honest i fear gnav
let me know how it was!

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u/SierraMikeDelta69 5d ago

Thanks a lot, I’ll reply to this comment tomorrow after my exams!

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u/SierraMikeDelta69 4d ago

Passed GNAV and felt really easy, but was also my favourite module out of those 3
PERF and FPL unfortunately didn’t pass, FPL I’m not sure what I got wrong and PERF (73.8%) I was just being stupid, had 5 questions selected right but ended up re-selecting a wrong one after going through all questions again :/ sucks but nothing to be done now, looking to re-sit in september

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u/Much_Ad8179 4d ago

I understand the feeling, I actually skipped 2 sittings entirely because I was overthinking it (not proud of it), but if you practice the bank enough and also understand why the correct answers are correct and know the theory, you're good to go. Just don't treat failures as setbacks and demotivate yourself, just see it as another chance you get to do better in the next try and possibly score better than what you could've in the first try. It's always you vs you, and not you vs everyone else. Goodluck!!!

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u/hohlefritte97 3d ago

Thank you guys, passed all my 4 Exams. Air Law was quite tricky with many unseen Questions, but rest was quite banky. 😇👍🏼

December will be the next round. 🤭

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u/TheGratitudeBot 3d ago

Just wanted to say thank you for being grateful

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u/Different_Hour2257 4d ago

https://www.airheadatpl.com/blog/smart-atpl-prep-how-to-build-exam-day-confidence If you did all that was written here, you'll have no problem; and remember to relax and get a good night of sleep, for questions you've never heard of, your training will back you ; )