Sheppard air limit
Posted by Illustrious-Ant-8313@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 21 comments
Trying to confirm something as I went through all of my certs like 15 years ago. My brother is going through flight school now and is taking an obscene amount of time to take his IR written. And it’s because he’s screwing around and not studying. But he told the person funding his schooling that Sheppard air said he took too many practice tests and they were unlocking it for him to take 5 more. He’s had it for 90 days and I’ve never heard of them cutting you off after a certain amount of practice tests. Is this a thing?
Device_whisperer@reddit
This is NOT a thing. There are other places to get practice tests.
Pilot-Imperialis@reddit
Definitely a thing mate
ReadyplayerParzival1@reddit
Actually this is a thing. I took an obscene amount of practice tests for my foi with Sheppard air and after maybe 30 I got a message saying I needed to contact their head cfi to get more approvals since I wasn’t following their study method at the time. I know that’s not what you’re supposed to do I just did it to burn time.
Professional-Car5579@reddit
30 practice tests for the FOI? Hopefully you scored 100.
DFL252006@reddit
I just taken my IRA recently using Sheppard Air. They have a certain limit of practice tests that tick down after each use. They say that once it ticks to 0 you may or may not need to contact them to get more practice tests however I think this depends on how well you do on them. But for me, once it ticked to 0, they kept letting me take them regardless with no limit (I scored 90%+ for all of them and took at least one practice test a day for a month)
fly123123123@reddit
Why would you do that though? The whole premise of their method is you take one test at the end, and if you get 90%+ you go take the real test immediately. That’s why they don’t unlock unlimited tests
DFL252006@reddit
I repeated the practice exam just to improve my memorisation of the questions. I was able to score 98% so it seems to work for me personally
kruecab@reddit
Awesome job! Glad that worked for you! What I’m about to say isn’t for you, but anyone else reading this:
I followed the SA methodology to a tee, took one practice test, scored over 90% on it (98% I think), took the IRA the very next day and got a 100% on it. The SA study strategy is rigid and doesn’t seem to always make sense, but it does work.
fly123123123@reddit
It was likely unnecessary, but oh well.
Vincent-the-great@reddit
Im not sure if theres a practice test limit. I took hella because i didnt use the strat and I got all above 95%
Rainebowraine123@reddit
If he reached the limit, he's not doing their strategy and isn't going to do as well has he could if he actually followed it.
TraxenT-TR@reddit
I was going to say. Your FINAL (and most likely first) practice test if you get over a 90 they want you to go schedule and not actually take another one.
Left_Chemistry_9739@reddit
Sheppard Air is dumb.
Raccoon_Ratatouille@reddit
It’s absolutely astounding how many people sign up for a legendary training program and then completely ignore the instructions as if they know better
Square_Property3100@reddit
Yes….I saw the same thing when I was studying. I did a couple practice tests and didn’t do great….mid 80s. Saw the comment in the practice test bar showing how many more you had left before you got routed to an instructor or other person to gauge where you’re at. It’s better to run the test bank section by section, especially looking to memorize ones that are scored as correct, even though they are incorrect. Look for the big blue Editor‘s Notes comment in the explanation. Took me about 6 weeks of running the test banks and completing Gold Seal ground school. Got 100 on the exam 2 weeks ago. Better to run the practice tests….one per day…as lead up to real exam. Still run through the sections. The 400+ navigation section is a bit to get through….but it gets you a good cross section of how each question can be asked. I kept going through that until I could get them all. I drew out each hold and missed approach to make sure I got them right.
Brendon7358@reddit
There is no reason to take more than 1-2 practice tests. If you are taking more than that you’re doing it wrong
ForearmDeep@reddit
It is indeed a thing. I got activated for the national guards response to Covid and that pushed me out of the time limit of how long I could take for testing my written for one of my certs and they locked my account
halfofeve@reddit
Seconding this.
For OP, Sheppard is very insistent that you use their study strategy, which dictates only taking a couple practice tests at most AFTER going through all the questions.
If your brother is screwing around the Sheppard strategy isn't going to work, he needs to grind out all the questions in the bank for a week and then go take another test.
Ezekiel24r@reddit
I don't have a source, but I think they do this because he must be doing something wrong if he failed the practice test that many times. They might want to give you some extra instructions on how to use the materials properly.
theyoyomaster@reddit
Yeah, that doesn’t sound right. I know they have a time limit, I want to say 1 year, but it should be unlimited testing during that time.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Trying to confirm something as I went through all of my certs like 15 years ago. My brother is going through flight school now and is taking an obscene amount of time to take his IR written. And it’s because he’s screwing around and not studying. But he told the person funding his schooling that Sheppard air said he took too many practice tests and they were unlocking it for him to take 5 more. He’s had it for 90 days and I’ve never heard of them cutting you off after a certain amount of practice tests. Is this a thing?
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