Otto

I've got an interview coming up and everyone seems to recommend reviewing the ATP Gleim book for the knowledge test. The study guide Delta gives you says we should focus on aerodynamics, aircraft systems, navigation, and weather. For those of you who have taken the test...are these the ONLY areas from the ATP book we should focus on or do you recall questions from the other chapters (eg.NTSB, Hazmat, FARs, performance charts, aeromedical factors)? With a limited amount of time, I'm just trying to focus on the primary areas. Thank you to whoever responds. By the way, for what it's worth, I called the ladies who schedule the interviews and they said as far as they know, all of the interviews in the future were going ahead as scheduled. Granted, they may be the last to know but still, it's encouraging. Hoping to sneak in before the music stops!

CTIIpilot

What worked for me is I printed out the study guide and then used the other resources such as ATP prep to help study those subjects. If you have basic knowledge of the areas on the study guide you will be well prepared. FWIW I think I probably could have passed it without much prep. I put a fare amount of time into it and there was only 3 or 4 that I had to guess on.

acl65pilot

I recommend Emerald Coast for prep. I have had a few buddies use it and they swear by it. On top of that you get your money back if you do not make it. For what it is worth, they are batting 1000.
All have interviewed this year. Their stuff is current, and a lot better than the other guys.

Flyinrob

I did the same thing CTIIpilot did. I printed out the Delta study guide, and filled in the blanks with the ATP guide and other resources. I focused specifically on aerodynamics, weather (know about isobars and all about fronts), jet engines (especially where the air has the highest/lowest pressure), and pilot math (fuel dump/descent rates). I also reviewed the questions of WFFF. All the people I have talked to who used prep services are glad that they did it. Like I said, I used the ATP study guide, but excluded anything that had to do with running charts or computing CG (that doesnt include what changes in CG does to the performance of a jet). The test is really basic. Review your stuff, and youll do well.

rvr350

Don't sweat about the tech. portion too much. Most of the failures are from the panel interview, and then perhaps the tech. knowledge test, and then the cog test.

Study the ATP written, FE written, specific knowledge i.e. aerodynamics, engine nomenclature, wx from your own sources and you will do just fine. It has more practical touch to it than your regular FAA written test.

Good luck.

Imapilot2

Everyone is different, but I went to air inc. for a prep. I don't think I would have done anywhere near as well on the cog. Well worth the price for me.

FrankCobretti

I studied all the wrong stuff (basically, the old math sheet) for the exam, and still did fine. It's a general knowledge test that hits on things you already know as an aviator. If there's one book you should study, I recommend The Airline Pilot Technical Interview Manual, from Air Inc. The articles on weather and aerodynamics are priceless.

FrankCobretti

Oh, and sign up for lumosity.com's free two-week trial. It'll tune your brain for the cog screen.

Otto

All good info...thanks everyone. One other question I just thought of...what is the passing score for the technical test? 70%? 85%? I haven't been able to find out anywhere.

CTIIpilot

I have never seen a passing grade advertised. I have also never heard of anyone failing the knowledge test. I second the emeraldcoast rec above. Coming from the military it was well worth the money for me because I had never interviewed for anything.