I appreciate that the majority find the theory side a pain, and a means to an end, but I actually enjoyed my 4 week brush up course (pre JAR ~ ATPL NAV BLOCK) with late Sandy Thomson at Booker.
There were elements which did seem divorced from reality. PLOTTING on a 1:5,000,000 chart.
Even more bizarre was doing a GROUND PLOT & AIR PLOT for my UK CAA ATCO (no.54 course) exams many moons ago. Just how this was any practical use to me remains a mystery.
Something to do with pay grades in the civil service v. what pilots had to do at that time. Relevancy never formed part of the equation.
Bring back knowledge about the Moon. That is what I say
