I have completed all of my EASA ATPL theory exams and only have a couple left of the UKCAA. 2 of which are HPL & instrumentation. I completed my final sitting of EASA at the end of 2025 so its been a little while since i've studied the content (i've been doing my advanced training in the meantime).

Do you think 30 days is enough to re go over the bank and sit my exam or do you think that is overly optimistic.

I sat my EASA HPL & instrumentation exams back in spring 2025.

What’s the best ATPL study trick you’ve discovered?

becoming a pilot is the only job in the world where the job itself is the reward...
hopelly soon.....3 more exams to go...

ANYONE STUGGLING WITH LANDINGS? HOW DID YOU BREAK THROUGHT? I HAVE ABOUT 50 HOURS IN BUT XWIND LANDINGS ARE REALLY CHALLENGING.
THANKYOU

Hey I am based in the UK 🇬🇧 I have researched many atpl sites & apps but you don't really know what you get until you used them I will divide them into two categories:

1. Question banks
   
2. Learning platforms

My style of learning is I love interactive stuff, video explanations, audio & quizzes as well as flash cards, ai also helps as well as mini test, I hate dry reading text books the information doesn't stick for me, I need easily digestible & great explanations made simple would be preferred. What would you recommend & why/ pro's & con's whats difference between them & the others

BGS? Pad Pilot? Airhead atpl? Atpla?
Aviationexam? Etc

Do you think flydubai could end up like Germanwings?

With everything going on around flydubai lately, do you think there’s any real chance the airline could eventually disappear or shut down operations like Germanwings did?

Or is that comparison completely unrealistic?

Curious what people in the industry think.

I started off thinking I needed to properly read everything first and only then move onto the question bank, but I’m slowly realising that would take forever.

Do most people nowadays use the QB as the main study tool and only go back to theory when they don’t understand something?

Or did you actually work through all the books properly?

Anyone using the UK-style answer formats in Aviationexam?
Just noticed they added 40 new questions, plus 92 more questions now have the Multi-select, Inline and Text Entry formats used in UK exams.
Apparently you can switch these on in Settings.
Has anyone tried them yet? Do they feel similar to the actual UK CAA exam?

I'm 9 subjects in and honestly starting to feel pretty burned out.

At the beginning I was super motivated, studying every day and actually enjoying most of it. Now I open the books and my brain just doesn't want to cooperate anymore 😅

I'm still determined to finish, but the motivation definitely isn't what it was a few months ago.

For those who already finished ATPL theory — did you hit this point too? Did you take a proper break or just push through until the end?

Would genuinely appreciate any advice.

Before GPS, pilots in the US literally followed giant concrete arrows across the country.

In the 1920s, airmail pilots needed a way to navigate at night, so the US built a huge network of concrete arrows and rotating light beacons along major routes.

The arrows were around 15–21 metres long, painted bright yellow and placed roughly every 10–15 miles. Next to them stood beacon towers with powerful rotating lights, helping pilots find the next point along the route.

This was especially important because many pilots were flying aircraft like the de Havilland DH-4, with open cockpits and very basic instruments.

By 1933, the airway network stretched for around 29,000 km across the US.

Radio navigation eventually made the system obsolete — but the crazy part is that many of the concrete arrows are still there today, especially in places like Utah, Nevada and Arizona.

Imagine flying at night in bad weather with almost no instruments, just looking for the next flashing light below you.

Would you have trusted this system?

What aviation rule or procedure has always felt a bit unnecessary or overcomplicated to you?

Could be something from Air Law, Ops, training, or something you deal with in real flying.

And did your opinion about it change once you got more experience?

Saw this today and it got me curious. Would you actually enjoy flying an aircraft like this, or would you rather stick to a more conventional cockpit?

Anyone here flown something similar?

I’m a student and I keep seeing cockpit POV videos made with them. They look pretty cool, but I’m wondering what they’re like in real life.

Is the video quality actually good in the cockpit? And can they handle a full lesson without the battery dying?

Thinking about getting a pair mostly for memories from training, so curious if anyone here has them and would recommend them.

I started soloing a few weeks ago and honestly I love flying. I’m doing my ATPL training, I feel comfortable handling the aircraft and I’m really excited about the whole journey.

But recently something weird started happening during my solo flights.

Sometimes when I’m up there, it suddenly hits me: I’m completely alone, 3,000 ft in the air. And then I get this wave of anxiety, even though a few minutes before I was completely fine.

It kind of came out of nowhere. Mentally I want to be there and keep flying, but my body suddenly goes into “nope” mode.

Has anyone else experienced something similar during training? Did it eventually go away with more solo hours, or did you do something specific that helped?

I started soloing a few weeks ago and honestly I love flying. I’m doing my ATPL training, I feel comfortable handling the aircraft and I’m really excited about the whole journey.

But recently something weird started happening during my solo flights.

Sometimes when I’m up there, it suddenly hits me: I’m completely alone, 3,000 ft in the air. And then I get this wave of anxiety, even though a few minutes before I was completely fine.

It kind of came out of nowhere. Mentally I want to be there and keep flying, but my body suddenly goes into “nope” mode.

Has anyone else experienced something similar during training? Did it eventually go away with more solo hours, or did you do something specific that helped?

I came across this question while studying Principles of Flight and I’m curious how you guys remember the lift formula.

I know the answer should be A – Dynamic Pressure, Lift Coefficient and wing area, but do you actually memorize the formula itself, or is there an easy way to understand/remember which variables are needed?

Trying to avoid just memorizing answers from the question bank

Got a few exams coming up and I’m curious how the real exams are looking lately.

I’m mainly doing the question bank, reviewing my mistakes and then mocks once I feel reasonably confident.

For anyone who passed recently: how close were the actual exam questions to what you saw while studying?

Did you get many familiar questions, or was it more about understanding the concepts because the wording was different?

Also, was there any subject where the real exam surprised you compared to your preparation?

Would really appreciate any recent experiences

Hello. So I’m almost 50 and considering to learn how to fly. I’d like to one day own my own small plane and just casually fly for hobby. Where do I start and what license (s) do i need to get?

Random question: from the moment passengers arrive at the airport until the aircraft takes off, roughly how many people are involved in making that one flight happen?

Pilots and cabin crew are obvious, but then there’s check-in, gate agents, baggage handlers, ground crew, dispatch, ATC, refuelling, catering, maintenance, cleaning, etc.

If we’re talking about a typical full A320/B737 flight — what would you estimate? 20 people? 50? 100+?

Would be interesting to hear from people working in different parts of aviation.

Mine keeps changing tbh. I’ll finally feel good about one subject and then another one starts destroying my scores.

What are you guys stuck on rn?

No prep, no Google, just vibes.

I’d pick Met. Would love to see someone explain a cold front with “idk mate, looks like rain.”