I totally agree with the previous post. I am also a currunt ATPL student. My knowledge is very minimal in the grand scale of things. However i can see that the knowledge contained in the JAR course must be simply the basics of day to day commercial flight.
I study with a group of people who everyday say stuff along the lines of those JAA b--tards why do they want us to learn this ___T!
i see it that not only d we need to do this to get in the gang, but also it will form a foundation for the knowledge that commercial pilots rely upon to fly safe.
less talking and more studying from now on,
PS// no i am not a geek!! but at the minute i do have only 14 square paper friends!!