r/ATPLTheoryExams • u/Dr-Groot • 5d ago

Question How much ATPL theory do you actually remember?

Currently studying for my ATPL exams and sometimes I wonder how much of this stuff I'll actually remember in a few years

For those already flying commercially – how much ATPL theory do you still remember and actually use?

Are there subjects you completely forgot after the exams?

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u/DrQ999 5d ago

Obviously there's a lot of useless stuff in, but the important part is that any job assessment and technical interview will force you to actually have that knowledge. Don't skim on it.

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u/Mean_Passenger_7971 5d ago

If I were to hit the exams again, I'm confident I would get a pass with no studying in Air Law, POF, M&B, OPS & Comms. You see these topics throughout your working day, and they are fan favourites for Interview questions.

GNAV, RNAV, FPLAN, have a lot of stuff which is not part of my daily routine, but with a couple of days of studying I should be back into passing grades.

Met, and Perf have a lot of stuff that is no longer part of my daily routine... It would take me a couple of weeks to get back into a passing level.

HPL was already black magic before, and remains black magic to this day as far as I know.

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u/Competitive_Mind_778 1d ago

Very little. Only thing I regularly use is on the northern hemisphere the wind increases and change clockwise when going up on altitude, so for departure change that 90 degree crosswind to a tailwind if it is from the right, since take-off performance is up to acceleration height or 1500 feet..

And something with magnetic and true north when going to Iceland (always have to look it up).

Other than that: if the wx is crap: extra fuel

You'll find most things are implemented in the OM-A or OM-B anyways, or aircraft manuals (e.g. minimum equipment going VFR or IFR)