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Arm out the window
Hear, hear! Learning about the systems is beneficial in all sorts of ways, as is helping out in the hangar and seeing the bits and pieces normally covered by panels. Explanations like the one by CTR above are great too - it's all well and good to know what something does, but why it does it gives you another level of understanding altogether.
Ask more questions, I reckon ... the answers are often interesting and helpful for others too.
Steady on, untwist the knickers.
It was an observation, and one punctuated with an emoji so those prone to ease-of-offence may notice that some levity was intended.
It is marvellous to want to know all that you can about the collection of bolts and rivets that we frequently find ourselves strapped to.
Is training not to make better, safer pilots?
If that is the goal, how does drawing focus to things that the pilot has no control over, can't preflight nor is in the FM, achieve that?
Are there not other areas which get neglected - fadec to manual reversion get's glossed over, which is probably why Misters Rolls and Royce (presume that is their pronoun) get to service so many after someone got curious and pushed the button.
I sleep better at night knowing why the mast is offset at the angle it is, but will knowing that make anyone better or safer?
There is no such thing as too much knowledge, just some times the really valuable stuff gets lost beneath the trivia.
As you were. Keep calm and carry on.