CPilotUK,
It might be fairer to say that the Air Law syllabus is packed
with information of variable utility to the average pilot.
Some parts are useful and will become second nature,
others like the workings of the Montreal treaty and the
founding date of ICAO will be flushed away once the
exam has been passed.
Flash0710 is perhaps overstating his case but there
is a lot of dead-wood in the syllabus,
-- Andrew