well you don't have your books with you when years down the line you get asked to do a trip.
At least you know there are winds that you have to take into account.
I to thought most of it was a pile of poo.
Then over the years I have used more and more of it. Just hoping I never have to do polar grid nav, as I suspect I still won't have a clue what I am doing with it.
You are studying for a world wide Instrument rating with a license which allows you to operate world wide.
You might think hey we will get trained in ETOPS if we need it. Why bother mentioning it. Then ops wants you to fly straight across the Bay of Biscay and you only have a 160NM single engine for 1 hour. And the furthest out you get is 240 NM from a diversion airport. Which of course requires a 120 ETOPS approval.
Most of the stuff is to give you a heads up that should go and find out more. If you have never touched the subject before you won't have a clue your about to screw up.
And it might not be years down the line my FO on that trip was a 220 hour zero to hero who had payed for his own type rating and knew the boss.
Last edited by mad_jock; 20th Apr 2013 at 15:33.