Originally Posted by
saab2000
Food for thought....
How 'bout making written tests actual tests of knowledge? Not just a bank of questions with only 3 choices where you can buy a book with the exact questions so you can memorize the answers?
The written tests in the US are not very challenging to anyone with half a brain and require no actual knowledge of the subject matter, only short-term memory of FAA questions.
That's very true but the thing is that a lot of those questions (JAA) at least some examples I've heard is they go unnecessarily in depth, ie. I heard there's like 30 questions just on the compass. Plus there is the supply and demand factor that is different around the world than in the states.