Student's Testimonials

From start to finish, Bristol Groundschool is a fantastic school to do ATPL’s with. The course material is easy to use, very well explained and thought of. The brush up courses though are the best thing about Bristol. You meet great people and are taught by knowledgeable and interesting instructors.

There were times I would study at home for hours not understanding something, then at the brush up, the amazing instructors would have me understanding it in half an hour.  Above all, the support Bristol give through a very hard course is wonderful, there is always someone there to help should you, if you need it.

I would highly recommend training for ATPL’s with them.

I was working a demanding full-time job during my initial training and needed a school that would meet my needs and provide me with the support to overcome any difficulties, as well as space to work at my own pace. Thankfully, a friend put me in touch with BGS and I never looked back. The materials for the course were perfect for my part-time studies and gave me the confidence to get through the exams. Any questions I had were always answered, and I felt welcomed every time I went to visit Bristol. The revision weeks were awesome and helped me in the final weeks leading up to the big exams. Now, I have got my CPL licence and am ready to take on my dream job. Thank you BGS!

The whole experience with Bristol Groundschool has been fantastic. They go above and beyond the excellent theory training they provide.

The training material BGS has produced is very high quality, with plenty of schematics and diagrams to help with more difficult topics. Each of the instructors knows their subject(s) inside and out, and they are always happy to spend extra time answering queries.

It is clear that BGS wants to produce candidates who have a good understanding of the ATPL subjects, which certainly helps when it comes to practical flight training.

The team were very helpful in answering licensing queries I had regarding my ICAO conversion process, and the flexibility of being able to attend online webinars was invaluable considering I began the licence conversion process from abroad.

Despite the difficult nature of the ATPL theory exams, I thoroughly enjoyed the training process with BGS; they are the best in the business!

Deciding on a late career change after PPL but continuing to work long hours in a role that I had committed to give proper attention to, I expected to be challenged.  BGS offered the mix of study techniques I wanted in order to figure out how to learn effectively again, and I found the mix of textbooks, App, webinars, online revision weeks, and an up-to-date question bank (that differentiated itself by quality explanations from BGS’s instructors), to be exactly the mix I required to both understand the theory and learn how to pass the exams.  Sitting CAA and EASA at the same time was smoothed by their deep and professional interest in not only what should be taught, but how, and how that knowledge should be tested.

The people and tone assured me I’d picked well, and when fitting my diary around examination centre availability it was Bristol I looked for, as a welcoming spot to chat all things ATPL with their staff and with other students.

If the CAA ever pause to consider how they could do pilot training and certification better, ask BGS out for coffee.

Alicia Lisle, Pilot in training

I do recall the ATPL theory as a demanding but very interesting module of my student pilot program, as you get to explore all the hidden details that make this industry unique. Bristol Groundschool delivered quality training in a very efficient way that allowed me to sit the exams with confidence.

The BGS instructors inspired me so much that, while waiting for a position in an airline, I started teaching Private Pilot subjects as a TKI in a local flying club. I would like to recommend this position to all the graduates passionate in the educational aspects of aviation, as helping others succeed in their studies has been a particularly rewarding experience.

I have recently completed a type rating and I will soon operate the Boeing 737-800 and 8200 MAX in short and medium-haul across Europe.

I’ve used several resources to work with towards my PPL exams and yours was the best one I purchased. What I liked was that you guys have nailed the key points into something easy to digest and to understand.

I have now passed my EASA PPL (A) exams and I’ve also just completed the practical check ride and I’m now a private pilot.

Thanks for your help and resource material in helping me pass my exams.

I completed the IR theoretical course With BGS. I was very happy with the study materials. The instructors have a very good knowledge of the subjects and they help with any problem you may have.

The exams question bank is up-to-date and the correct answers well illustrated. I could say that half of the knowledge you need to know is in the answers of the question bank. Very good job from the BGS team to be aware of how and what the Authorities are demanding, and be able to put you on the correct path.

The recorded webinars are really useful to grab the tricky concepts and put them into your active and available memory. The brush-up revision weeks before the exams are a perfect way to fix those lost items here and there.

I highly recommend BGS.

Daniel Moreno.
FireFighter pilot, Instructor and Examiner at Saab Special Flight Operation in Sweden.

After 8 months of extremely hard work and having spent long hours studying, I have managed to finish with all my EASA Austro Control exams, for my ICAO Licence conversion.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole team at Bristol Groundschool, without whom I wouldn’t have been able to achieve this milestone.

Special thanks to everyone in the team, for dedicating your time guiding me and for your recommendations.

Your new app is very user friendly and the question bank is extremely thorough and consistent, giving you a good idea of what to expect in the exams.

I highly recommend “Bristol Groundschool” to anyone who’s thinking about starting this Third Country Licence conversion process.

I started my PPL (H) in Switzerland in 2017. After I passed all the exams, I flew a lot with my friends and my family. I did my mountain rating and built my hours until I was able to begin my ATPL theory and practical CPL. I started the first course in January 2020. I was really motivated to work with the BGS app and books. The courses are complete with animations and pictures to help perfectly understand the topics. I booked my revision week in March… but you know… there was an unpredictable thing coming to make this a little bit more funky! The covid…

That was the beginning of a stressful period. I wasn’t sure if it will be possible to continue further with BGS, or if it will be possible to go to Bristol for the in person learning… thankfully, the whole team make a huge effort so remote learning would work for us. Everything went perfectly well. I did the whole ATPL in distance learning from my home. I did my examinations with AustroControl in Innsbruck, the closest place from my home.

I heard a lot of good feedback from this school before I started and now I can confirm that! Thanks BGS Team!

I really want to escape from the cliche of commercial advertising, this is where my heart really speaks, I’m extremely lucky that I found and chose BGS for my ATPL training, for that reason and words would be worthless… thank you for giving me knowledge and wings! I would highly recommend training for ATPL’s with BGS.

Bristol Groundschool came highly recommended from my flight school and their results speak for themselves.

Since the Covid-19 outbreak BGS has been very much on the ball and has switched their revision weeks online which has allowed me to continue studying.  They have now launched a completely online course which I think is a great way forward. It provides students with maximum flexibility to train, at a time that best suits them.  The learning material is excellent and the online webinars and revision weeks are run really well and are great for learning the subjects and building confidence prior to the exams.

As I am taking Austro exams its very reassuring to see that exams are already taking place at BGS again. Bristol were the last ATO offering exams before lock down and the first to restart.

Bristol Groundschool has an awesome team, I wouldn’t have chosen any other school to study my ATPL theory with. I managed to average 94% on my ATPLs, all with first-time passes. A testament to how well you teach and support your students!

When I was looking for a ground school to do my ATPL(A), many people told me I should really consider BGS, and they were absolutely right!

It turned out that I started the process just before the start of the COVID 19 pandemic.

I know that many schools did not have a good innovative solution for this new situation we all had to deal with, however, BGS was handling this new era – in an ideal way!

All of the staff did amazing work, with both technical and logistical support, and with professional content of teaching on live webinars and revision courses!

Special thanks to Matt, Chris, JJ, Alex, John, Noush, George, and many more amazing team members of BGS!

Thanks to each of you, I completed the entire process with very good results.  A word for the student pilots – Keep up with the hard work, It`s worth it, and one day you will complete all of the tasks and exams, and you will be very happy and proud!

The Bristol Groundschool webinars are second to none. The development of the distance learning model for ATPLs to a hybrid between integrated and distance learning has really filled a gap in the market.

Being able to access and learn the complete course in such a flexible and user friendly way has been crucial for me, whilst trying to balance a 60 hour working week, 2 children and a partner at university! Thank you BGS, I will be forever in your debt.

The BGS team are very supportive and they couldn’t have done any more for me, especially with all the uncertainties that Brexit posed at the time. Their instructors are the best and most knowledgeable in the business.

The BGS webinars that have been introduced proved a massive help to me and is what help me cement the knowledge that I learnt from their computer-based training material, ATPdigital.

I chose to study at Bristol Groundschool because of recommendations from other people and I will 100% be recommending BGS to anyone I come across who will be beginning their ATPL journey.

My next plan is to find a flying school to complete my CPL/ME/IR training and then I will be applying for my first airline job.

As someone who is not a native English speaker and never studied aeronautical related subjects in depth, I never felt left behind or struggled to follow the Bristol Groundschool lessons (live or online) and at the same time. I found the approach to the subjects very realistic, stimulating and sometimes even fun!

My experience of BGS has been first-class and I would highly recommend them.  I recently completed all of my ATPL(A) studies and achieved an average mark with which I am absolutely delighted!

The materials are plentiful – written materials, the BGS Webinar Library, live webinars, Revision Weeks and the question bank BGSonline, are all excellent and very helpful. I am 50 years old with a full-time job and so this was not an easy undertaking – I am very proud of what I have achieved and could not have done it without the support and guidance of BGS.  Thank you!

I would recommend Bristol GroundSchool with closed eyes. I had heard great things about the school and I wasn’t disappointed.

Not only does the school provide a great platform to learn, great learning material and fantastic instructors, but it also provides great support and help. I was at the time transferring my French medical to a UK one, and Noush and the whole team helped me a lot with the transfer and the problems that arose.

The way I see it, if you want to do your ATPL theory in distance learning, in English, then BGS is THE way to go.

Good luck to everyone embarking in this training, see you up there!

The new completely online training option at Bristol Groundschool is a great choice for students.

It provides you with maximum flexibility to study around your family and work commitments and you don’t need to travel and incur those extra expenses.

Bristol were the last ATO offering exams before lock-down and the first to restart.

Without the webinars, online revision courses and help from fantastic instructors I would never have done so well in my exams. With their help, I finished my ATPL’s on the first sitting when BGS re-opened.

I have now completed my studies, all whilst working full-time in Flight Operations. Well done BGS for leading the way again.

I spent a long time researching online EASA ATPL ground schools. I know that there are a number of good ATOs, but your prices were just more competitive for the same quality or even better and I chose Bristol Groundschool for many reasons but particularly being able to study 100% online.

Anyway, from purchasing the course (thanks for offering to purchase modules separately and split payment of the course!) to immediate automatic email replies, setting up my account and also the swift shipment of my study material, I’m impressed and had a great start at BGS so far.

Wanted to thank you and everybody at BGS for all the help and support – couldn’t be more grateful for all the time and energy all the instructors gave and the quick establishment of the webinars which were so useful! I couldn’t recommend BGS more highly to anybody who asks me, and although its been a tough journey I’m very glad I chose BGS to study with.

Thanks to the Bristol Groundschool training material I have been able to study and pass all the ATPL theory subjects in 10 months, with first-time passes, and good average grades. All this while working full-time and having significant family responsibilities.

ATPdigital the computer-based training material is an excellent product which based on my experience delivers on expectations.

The revision courses and live webinars are really good and prepare you very well for the exams.  The recorded webinars are a major highlight. I watched every single webinar numerous times until I fully understood each subject – this was key for me passing my exams.

The instructors are excellent. They are clearly among the best in the aviation training industry, and for us foreigners, there is the added value of their British sense of humour.

The only way I could have done my ATPL theory exams is thanks to BGS offering a really good full distance learning option, which – thanks to the current situation- requires no travel or time away from home.

There is no difference in the high quality of the BGS classroom tuition by attending the school or joining the online classes; I have done both. The webinars and the flexible online revision options have meant I can complete my studies around my job and in my own home environment. The recorded webinars are a valuable resource to refer back to for detailed instruction at one’s own convenience, for previously viewed and interacted subject instruction.

I attended a Bristol Groundschool online revision week and wondered how it would be. I anticipated problems with poor quality streaming or getting distracted as I was studying at home but I was surprised to find myself totally ‘in the zone’. I am self employed and the new online course has allowed me to study around my work, in my spare time.

I am delighted I can complete my course online, I much prefer this, than to go back to tuition in the classroom, particularly as it has saved me a considerable amount of money and travelling time and the instruction is equally as good.

The staff at BGS are incredible! Great contact from day one from the admin team and training advisors. Brilliant Technical Knowledge Instructors with vast aviation experience who were always contactable in person or via email. Not only did they get me through the exams, but they were able to advise on training routes going forward with the uncertainty of Brexit and Covid, which was invaluable

With Bristol Ground School my ICAO to EASA theoretical conversion was extremely efficient. The ATP digital program as well as the online revision weeks are excellent and ensure that you are well prepared for the exams. To all the BGS Staff who were always willing to help and made the whole experience very enjoyable – thank you!

I couldn’t recommend more Bristol Groundschool, thanks to them and their amazing team I managed to convert my ICAO ATPL to an EASA ATPL in the best conditions possible.

The process started with contacting their team (special thanks to George) who guided me to exactly what I needed to do and what study materials was needed.

I enrolled in their “Licence Conversion Courses” which includes everything required to pass the exams.

The best part of it was their application ATPdigital who has all the 14 subjects, chapter by chapter, with questions at the end of each class to make sure you understood the main points, it was like having my private teacher anytime anywhere (it even work without wifi!). I managed to score an average mark of 95% and passed all the subjects the first time. If I needed to do it all again, I could not imagine doing it without Bristol Groundschool.

Bristol Groundschool is an amazing school, you helped me so much to pass all my exams first time with an average pass rate of 93%.

The school is a really great place to come and study, the instructors are very good and interesting, highlighting all the right things. It is also a very pleasant environment too, where you can really focus on your lessons. I will be recommending Bristol GS to anyone who wants to pass their ATPL. The question bank is also great and always up-to-date.

I chose Bristol Groundschool because of its great reputation and I am very pleased I did. The instructors are all industry experienced and the quality of teaching is excellent.  The computer based training material is of a high quality and includes tests all the way through to check your level of understanding. I passed all my exams first time.

I chose Bristol Groundschool over competing courses because of the excellent reviews online and not offering discounts to lure people in. The training at Bristol Groundschool and the quality of ATPdigital is outstanding. I still use the books for revision. The trainers are excellent and they know what they need to do for you to pass.

If you think you’ve studied enough, study another 10%. This will make all the difference. That holds true at the airlines as well.

Your fame precedes you, and I had no doubt for a moment about where I would do my ATPL theory courses. The distance learning with Bristol was amazing, the online question bank was even then ahead of its time and the brush-up courses just helped to complete an excellent preparation. I passed all my theory exams first time, with an average score of 92%+!!!

I completed my CPL/IR and MCC, and after a thorough selection process, I joined the cadet program of Vietnam Airlines in September 2015 and I am now proudly working as a First Officer for Vietnam Airlines.

I have passed all 14 exams and cannot thank Bristol Groundschool enough for the support and help they provided in the preparation of my ATPL written exams. The Bristol question bank was also a massive help! The time and energy the instructors provide to the students is amazing and made such a difference to my success, they were always willing to lend a helpful hand.”

Bristol Groundschool provides a wonderful professional service and I will definitely be recommending BGS to potential students.

Ivana Alvares-Marshall, first corporate female pilot in Malaysia and first Indian female pilot in Malawi, currently freelancing on private jets in the UK.

For the best results, train with the best people – Bristol Groundschool!

Bristol Groundschool are fantastic! All of the materials are superb and the iPad app was a life saver! It made all of the study so easy and it meant I could take the study materials into work and do some revision in the back galley on my break!

The revision weeks are superb; they really prepare you for the exams not just with the knowledge but with the vital exam technique which is key to getting first time passes.

Thank you Bristol Groundschool for all your help getting me to where I am today!

I obtained a 90% overall pass mark in the examinations, this proves that the staff at Bristol Groundschool are remarkable.

I chose Bristol Groundschool because they are are professional, have excellent attention to detail and are very helpful.

The Revision Weeks were brilliant in reassuring me and helping me to understand what I had learnt studying at home.

Obtaining a 90% overall pass mark in the examinations proves that the staff at Bristol Groundschool are remarkable at what they do; they are a first class training provider!

I am currently a Flight Instructor at Horizon Flight training school. My ambition is to become an airline pilot or business jet pilot but in the meantime I am building my hours as a Flight Instructor.

I couldn’t recommend Bristol Groundschool enough – from the ATP digital software and the revision week, to the massive and really up-to-date question bank – bgsonline, the whole package together with the great support from the whole BGS team made it easier than I expected.

I enjoyed studying at BGS and would recommend it to anyone getting their ATPL’s. I can honestly say I had fun and made some lasting friends.

Bristol Groundschool is the best choice if you want to pass your exams first time, the material is great, the instructors are passionate and the question bank is comprehensive.

I chose the modular route as I believe it forms a more adaptable, self-reliant and well-rounded pilot. Often, integrated training, though of high quality, is too standardised and fails to expose pilots to enough scenarios which require them to problem-solve independently, especially during their hour building.

The ATPL course was one of the hardest challenges of my life, especially because I’m working while I am studying, but thanks to the organisation and professionalism of the staff at Bristol Groundschool it was easier for me to study, prepare myself and pass all the ATPL exams first time.

The staff care and really want their students to pass. They will do whatever they can to help students understand the subjects. I would totally recommend them to anyone.