And I find it truly ignorant that people who haven't yet started in a career think they know what they need to be taught and want to smash the banks automatically as if it's their god-given right to have the exams handed to them on a plate. Back in the day, I've had students coming to consolidation with sets of notes that were still in their cellophane wrappings. That may be a result of the modern education system, but it shows a poor attitude, and one which is directly relevant to KSA 100 and the fact that you could pass all the exams, but still not get your licence. The schools are now the "gate guardians", to use an expression from a previous inspector (he also said that the no 1 risk to the public is air shows, and the no 2 is poor training). Yes, you do need the banks to pass the exams, and the JAA should hang their collective heads in shame for the fact that they are needed. To be fair to EASA, it is hard to change a live system, especially when it takes 2 years to get the results through hard law, and they are trying to improve things, which was apparent at the meetings I attended, but the banks should still be treated as a reinforcement as far as possible, not as a primary means of learning.
Having gone through just about every question on the bank, you will find that you can answer approximately 30% of them with just common sense and ppl knowledge, assuming you weren't given the answers at the flight school, which they often do (I speak as a Ground Examiner). 10% of them are useless, either because they are actually wrong or not relevant in the first place. With decent application and work, you should be able to sort the rest. When you get to the tech interview is when you will really wish you'd listened to that old f*rt in the classroom, or even in the middle of Africa/Canada/other weird open spaces when all the navaids have gone down. Or the computers have stopped working and you can't remember how do to a mass & balance sheet.
Last edited by paco; 22nd Feb 2021 at 15:29.