Transport Canada has provided a lovely 46-page Study and Reference Guide for my reading pleasure... and who wouldn't want to spend their quiet evenings with a cup of hot chocolate, pouring through textbooks and notes in order to prepare for 7 hours worth of exams? (SARON, SAMRA, 80 questions/3.5 hours each, minimum pass mark 70%, but aiming for perfection!). My plan is to provide highlights here, which will hopefully benefit others in the future.
A quick note about the name of this blog, 'Checklist'. That's essentially what the Study and Reference Guide is... a checklist to refer to, so we can verify we've covered everything. And according to the CARs:
CAR 704.19 Checklist
(a) have a checklist and make it available
(b) use it
CAR 602.60 (2) further explains checklist requirements: basically it shall enable the aircraft to be operated in normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.
Sounds like a no-brainer right? Yet, somehow, we still hear stories about pilots skipping steps because they think they can do them by memory. Or worse: making up their own procedures.
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A quick note about the name of this blog, 'Checklist'. That's essentially what the Study and Reference Guide is... a checklist to refer to, so we can verify we've covered everything. And according to the CARs:
CAR 704.19 Checklist
(a) have a checklist and make it available
(b) use it
CAR 602.60 (2) further explains checklist requirements: basically it shall enable the aircraft to be operated in normal, abnormal and emergency conditions.
Sounds like a no-brainer right? Yet, somehow, we still hear stories about pilots skipping steps because they think they can do them by memory. Or worse: making up their own procedures.
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The other portion of course is the 1500 TT requirement. I'm roughly on track to achieve that by the end of the year. And so it is my hope and goal that 2015 goes down in my book as the Year of the ATPL.
Thanks for joining me... now sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight :)
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