Jay Solo... you hit the nail on the head!!
There is no doubt "an amount of crap" in the learning objectives.
Off the top of my head 20-30% of the JAA ATPL learning objectives, and hence the content of all the FTO's ATPL course notes you will most probably never use again in an airline environment.
Anybody that has a drasticaly different opinion than this, has not passed the 14 exams.
Anybody that has passed the 14 exams knows what I am talking about.
Just jump through the hoops Jay.... When the CAA say "JUMP" don't ask why, ask how high!!!
Good luck with them, the exams are the easy part, anybody who's been through it also knows what i mean.
G74