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You get your advice from Chris Rock?

It's an issue of probability and experience.

Try your local doc-in-a-box outfit. If they do DOT physicals, they'll probably happily do basicmed for you.

Yikes! That is awful advice to give a student.

I'd say that it's a testing AND training document. It does specify the bare minimum of training in each area that a student should receive. I'm not a fan of "bare minimum" anything, but they had to start somewhere.

They published the question database until 2008. In the last couple of years, the FAA has contracted with PSI to completely overhaul the testing process. They seem to be slowly working in that direction. They are changing questions/answers more frequently now and will ultimately do away with the...

HI, Robin. For instruments, I'm pretty sure Shepard had a larger database of questions. But ours is totally sufficient. Gold Seal is not a memorization tool and never will be. If you understand the concepts, it doesn't matter how the questions are phrased.

Correct. That has been a stated, major goal of AFS-630, the Airman Testing Branch. I suspect the days of memorization for tests is drawing to a close.

It's a glorified random quiz generator. Its appeal is that it appears to be a shortcut.

Not in the foreseeable future.

That's just their test prep program. Their comprehensive ground school is $399.

Thanks, Mike. Another important factoid: A free, extensive test drive is available at Gold Seal. See exactly how it works BEFORE purchase. And instructors join for free with student monitoring built in.

If you want to be a good instructor, I don't see the benefit in rushing it. Build more experience before presenting yourself as an expert to others.

DO NOT take a medical exam unless you are 100% sure you can pass. You'll be really sorry later.

LIFT is fully owned and operated by Republic Airways. They have locations in Indianapolis and Myrtle Beach.

Here are more details about what AFS-630 and PSI are planning. The ultimate goal is to make question/answer memorization an ineffective study strategy. It's already on the move. Knowledge Test Prep - Why Memorization is a Bad Idea - Gold Seal Online Ground School

I take the controversial position that the "I'm a poor test-taker" argument is a copout. Unless someone has a learning disability, they aren't poor test takers, they just don't want to study. It is true that some people learn more quickly than others, but the slower learners need to just buckle...

Good job!

They are, the FAA just seems to prefer wind cones in many of their publications.

My Schweiss strap/bifold door has been working flawlessly for over 20 years.