Who up there said they wouldn't want to fly with a pilot who only knew 75% of the syllabus ??
LOL... grab any four-striper who's been in the LHS for a while and ask them these questions being posted and you will obtain a reaction ranging from bemused to utter contempt. This is more the kind of question that should be asked...
Q) You arrive downroute at a particularly expensive destination. After changing into shorts and a t-shirt, you meet the captain at the bar. Your opening line of conversation is :
a) Well, you earn tonnes more than me Captain Smith, so it's your damn round again.
b) I'd like to stay and chat about your amazing career, Captain, but I need an early night.
c) Isn't that the girl from AirX who wanted your help with her room key last week boss ?
or
d) What an amazing flight, approach and landing that was. I am in awe of your skills and can only hope to lick the crumbs from the inemptiable bowl of your talent. Of course it's my round again.
A much more practical and career-focused paper
Seriously, folks, they are hoops. Important hoops, but you jump through them. You learn your out-of-date and (mostly) irrelevant facts, pass the exams, forget 95% of them, and retain the theory that is important to your well-being in everyday flying. You then apply that theory to real-life commercial flying as appropriate.
Rain-ice... need to know. Squirrel motors ? LMAO (And sorry, if I knew the answer I would post it. You will almosttcertainly ditch this kind of information when your first type-ratingground-school is occupying your attention).
Best of luck to all of you engaged in hoop-leaping.
(Cynical, I know - perhaps the JAR exams have changed since the days of the CAA ones. Perhaps I will cleared for take off after the landing pig next week !)