The CAA here has published this
my bold
So, another test rigged to make people fail so they can be sentenced to Gasco, and then license removed if they don’t go.
To achieve such a high failure rate they must have a fair % of bogus questions as documented here. Well, as the CAA guy told me on the phone, bogus questions don’t matter because if you get all the good ones right you get a pass mark!
Thanks Thomas, that made me laugh out loud.
I would add
Thomas_R wrote:
But they can of course acknowledge the tremendously important coasting in / out messages!
For various historical reasons the British consider coasting in and coasting out part of who we are :-) Some pilots have been known to mutter “enemy coast ahead” on the frequency…
Fabulously accurate
boscomantico wrote:
„Self-flagellating“ is a good term. That guy is really hard to stand for the, let‘s say, more advanced end of the private pilot spectrum. He rather represents the stereotypical, frightened, submissive, low-end UK pilot.
Very well put! But I’m afraid the typical German “low end” private pilot is not much better, for that instance. Request crossing the runway at this uncontrolled airfield, pretty please? I can wait 30 minutes for an answer, no problem!
On the topic itself, it shows yet again the ridiculous, fragmented UK ATC structure, with many „local“ airspaces (airport CTRs and CTAs) and the “master“ airspace, i.e. the London TMA, with both being totally disjointed.
But UK ATC structure is a real plus in terms of touristic picturesqueness! I really enjoyed all flavors of it last year when I circled this beautiful island in a sleek single-engined airplane made in Duluth, MN.
Let’s see:
I hadn’t seen that one, it’s a good one. I have seen several others much like it. It’s a genre
@Silvaire you may recall this homage to 1970’s middle management
boscomantico wrote:
„Self-flagellating“ is a good term. That guy is really hard to stand for the, let‘s say, more advanced end of the private pilot spectrum. He rather represents the stereotypical, frightened, submissive, low-end UK pilot.
Graham wrote:
A degree of tacit approval and support from the system is key to his brand.
Why do the British say ‘sorry’ so much?
(According to the BBC, that is)
“Our excessive, often inappropriate and sometimes downright misleading use of this word devalues it, and it makes things very confusing and difficult for foreigners unaccustomed to our ways”
As the saying goes, the British are too polite to be honest and the Germans are too honest to be polite. I’ve lived it
boscomantico wrote:
That guy is really hard to stand for the, let‘s say, more advanced end of the private pilot spectrum. He rather represents the stereotypical, frightened, submissive, low-end UK pilot.
That’s entirely deliberate.
If he behaved more like the advanced end of the private pilot spectrum and called out the appalling systemic shortcomings as he saw them then the authorities and those in the system would hate him. The ATS Manager would never agree to a broadcast interview, for instance.
A degree of tacit approval and support from the system is key to his brand.