Bye Bye, mod 3

Module three is finally over! Which mean that we have no more ground school at Southampton! Now, it's just prep for our 6 exams in 2 weeks time.

In Module three, we've studied Air Law, Aircraft General Knowledge, Operational Procedures, Meteorology, VFR and IFR Comms. 

I can't lie, I struggled with Air Law. I think if you enjoyed it, you're weird. I found it to be such a dry subject, it wasn't something I could really enjoy or engage with. It was just one of those subjects that I had to force myself to learn. On the other hand, AGK and Met were probably the MOST interesting subject from the whole course. 


I found mod 3 quite intense, having 6 subjects to master in the same time frame as I had before for 4 subjects. 
However, studying can't always be done hour after hour, day after day, we all know it get's a bit tedious, so on May 4th, I planned half-hour breaks every now and then to celebrate Star Wars day the way every nerd intended it to be celebrated :)

Met was my favourite subject overall. As far as the ATPL syllabus goes, I think it's the largest and it is definitely one of the most important as we'll be using it day after day for the rest of our careers. 

I also really enjoyed AGK, which is split into 3 parts; Systems, Electrics and Engines (which is itself split into propeller and turbine sections).

We also had quite a few disruptions in mod three as we were all trying to sort out our visas for our flight training stage. Us guys going to the USA had so much to do, form the monstrous visa form (DS-160) to the TSA admin and the class 3 medical. But you can read more about that in the U.S. VISA page. 

I think the trick to module three is to keep up to date with all of your work, at times it's quite taxing, especially when you're stuck studying and the weather's absolutely amazing and the frisbee is calling!

Regardless of the weather and any other external influences, revision was done and as were the last 6 exams of groundschool. Like module 2, I was in bed when I received the emails and again I opened them while hiding under my blanket. I was very grateful to find I'd averaged 93% which gave me an overall average of 93% too.