As of next week, pilots taking the FAA knowledge exams for the private pilot certificate will no longer need to suffer through questions pertaining to outdated systems and procedures. A new question database, which is scheduled to become active on February 9, excludes questions that were deemed no longer pertinent.
Questions regarding NDB, Radar Summary Charts, En Route Flight Advisory Service (EFAS), Medevac and Transcribed Weather Broadcast (TWEB) are no more. Additionally, questions involving scalability, and aircraft performance and weather questions that involve multiple interpolations across several charts have been deleted.
