ATP Written Tips for W&B

[LyodChristmas]

Does anyone know any tips or tricks to the weight and balance questions on the atp written?

Thanks

 

[EMB170Pilot]

yes, memorize them. You'll do fine. Good Luck



Wow, look at the butt on that

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh He must work out

 

[cale42]

Even simpler.. know the regs part of the test and skip all the W&B and performance questions..

and I know the original poster was looking for non-sarcastic responses.. but that really is.. don't waste your time. I know how to do those problems.. and w/o a computerized graph and a computerized straight line tool, I still can't get the right answer according to the FAA.

know the regs skip the rest.. test shouldn't take more than 40 minutes.

cale

 

[Tomct]

Just like 170 man said. Memorize them...aaaaahhhh the beauty of All ATP!
So 170, did you rub you HEAD in THAT?:blush::laugh:

 

[FirstMate]

Does anyone know any tips or tricks to the weight and balance questions on the atp written?

Thanks

If you have some $ to spare, I think you can do an ATP course for maybe a couple of grand...you'll get the checkride done as well too. I think they have a pass rate in the high 90%'s. My written expired when I quit my airline so I'm in the same boat as you.

I remember when I first took the written, I did like these other guys said...just memorize the regs and guess on the W&B. Think I scored in the 80's.

 

[AC560]

Even simpler.. know the regs part of the test and skip all the W&B and performance questions..

If you goal is just passing the test this is probably the best advice for any test. You are allowed to miss so many questions and get a passing score on most written's. I would just do some practice tests and when you can score in the 80's consistently then take the test.

 

[zawillif]

Wow, look at the butt on that

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh He must work out

Just go, man.

 

[dnkt]

I used Sheppard Air for the written. $75 for the program and they gurantee you a 90% on the test. I studied the 700 questions they gave me for 2 days, took the writtten, and passed no problem. Total cost for the program and written $165.
http://www.sheppardair.com/ACs/ATPwinfo ver7.pdf

 

[BeeFCaKe]

I have an ad posted for the asa software, it worked great for me...

PM if interested

 

[liz289101]

I got a copy of that "cheat sheet" from ATP. PM if interested.

 

[skyaddict]

I never did all-ATPs - I worked purely with Gleim's red book. But like many, I just came up with my own memorization scheme. It's been many years, but I know for the long performance problems (the multi-part stuff with fuel burn, time enroute etc), I sat down and laid out the questions and answers and figured out associations- for example (this is just an example, as I can't remember exactly how it went, but it worked): "the longest airplane (747)" just happened to have "the longest time enroute" (of the en route times given). As to weight and balance, I think I made myself some sort of matrix and memorized it, flash card style, so as to be able to write it down. As soon as I got seated and exam time began, I memory-dumped (wrote out) my matrix on the legal scrap-paper allowed in the exam.

One is thus able to dispense with working on questions that might take 20 minutes to calculate, but are worth the same as answers which take 1 second to figure out.

Just in case it ever came up on an oral or in some future interview, I made sure I knew how to do every type of problem- but that is just icing on the cake- memorization will get the written score done.

People doing pilot written exams for European and Canadian certification (JAA), and other exams in the U.S. (for example, Certified Internal Auditor off the bat, I know from a friend) are not so lucky to have this published q&a pool- all the published study materials are merely "samples", and it's therefore a nightmare to prepare for by comparison, so go have fun with some quick memorization- it is not that big a deal, and you dond't have to waste money at all-ATPs (though I hear it is quick and dirty).