Jay Honeck wrote:

I was referring specifically to the pages and pages (ad nauseum) of study
questions that show you a VOR instrument, totally out of context with
anything else, and ask you to determine where you are in relation to the
transmitter.

The point is, get stupid "gotcha!" questions like these off the written
test.

It's been a long time since I studied for the PPC written, but I don't recall a
single navigation question that was a "gotcha." Every single one had one
obviously correct answer that was obviously correct if you had any idea how the
things worked. Now, I took my written just before my 300 mile cross-country, so
I had been using a VOR for some time. If you found them to be "gotchas", I'd say
you didn't really have a handle on VOR navigation at the time.

As far as there being pages of study questions, that's simply because there are
ten study questions for every one that gets selected for the exam you take, and
all of those ten are basically the same. If you could've handled one, you
could've answered any of them.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.