IATRA Exam

[bcpilot]

I'm looking for suggestions on what's the best way to prepare for the IATRA exam. I'm considering Aerocourse (which I took for my IFR and was pleased) or online ground school. How difficult is this exam?

[BTD]

IATRA??? Just grab a copy of the Study and Ref Guide or book is okay for the IATRA. Study for a few days and then go write. Its not very tough. I wrote mine almost two years ago and if I recall there wasn't much on Air law.

Its pretty simple.

BTD

[THEICEMAN]

I got the aerocourse ATPL book for my IATRA.....it covers everything! Though it was made for the ATPL exam...

[futboler14]

Try searching 'IATRA' in the search query. Others have posted all the questions that will appear on the test. Did myn a month ago, it was pretty simple.
Just know how to do Critical Point and PNR formulas.

[blewhead]

what can you bring in to write the exam? Can you bring in a CX-2? Whiz wheel?

[Cat Attack]

I bought the books for the ATPL and they have it split up great into ATPL and and IATRA sections. I haven't written yet but I'm feeling pretty ready for it.

[Invertago]

Just curious, is the IATRA exam $35 or $105 now?

[AV8R]

35$ I believe

[canpilot]

Try the pro-IFR ATPL/ IATRA seminar....You get a whole crapload of ref material at the end. I'd recommend taking the course once you are ready to write or a about a week or so from writing. The material will come at you like a firehose on full blast.

as for materials:

FGU
AIM
TC- De-icing vid.
Human Factors Manual (advanced/ basic)
Turbine Pilots Manual
Air command manual
CARS online


alot of the topics in the study and ref guide are pretty ambiguous..So I did a ton of studying..

[Invertago]

As much as I'm all for seminars, I can't justify spending $300 on a seminar to prepare me for a $35 exam. I think this one will be a self study.

[hairdo]

This is NOT a difficult exam. (almost disappointingly easy) I did zero study and came out of it with very good marks. We had a day or two of groundschool included in our course, of which a lot was review of CPL. However, I would recommend the Study & Reference Guide as it will give you an idea of what to expect. Not gonna denounce those $300 courses, but I think you're wasting you money if you're writing the IATRA (not necessarily the case with ATPL's).

[kilocharliemike]

Most seminars are IATRA/ATPL as was the one I took. All but 2 people in the class were prepping for their ATPLs.

So seminar for me = (1)lots of schmoozing with people with close contact to places where I could potentially get a low time job.
+ (2)staying fresh with concepts I am going to have to write an exam for one day anyway
+ (3) 300$ + 35 for the exam is a better option than
(1) 8Gs instructor rating
(2) more Gs to buy hours and fly around aimlessly
(3) buying that other thing that costs some Gs.

Seminar = buying networking time, that was my take anyway.
Did it get me a Job, no. But some new leads, yes.
But yes I probably would have got the same mark with self study.

KCM

[Invertago]

Good point about the networking side of it, could pay for itself right there, probably did last year for a few. This year the networking has to be a bit deeper for a job though...