I am baffled somedays at how little some of the younger pilots Know about what they're driving
You and me both mate. And its the lack of enthusiasm to find out as well.
Had a engineer on the jump seat today. His first jump seat ride.
He was a heavy maint engineer qualified for engine runs but had never seen the engines indications inflight. Loads of questions afterwards and a pleasure to answer them as well.
And we spotted him tweaking one of the flight idles down and talking on the phone about re-rigging the old girl when she was next in on check. I think his attitude to lever splits has been changed
Its just a pity we couldn't give him a Effects of Controls part 1 lesson. I suspect he would have had a PPL within a year.