Will the ATPL Theory syllabus be overhauled?
Are there any future plans to overhaul the entire ATPL ground school syllabus?
I find the shear volume and content quite over the top. And the actual real exam questions don't come across as fit for purpose.
I have not met a single airline pilot who states with conviction that the vast majority of the ATPL's are relevant to the day to day job. Yes, within every subject area there are areas that are relevant, but there is a significant amount of information that isnt.
To me the current system fuels the reliance on question banking rather than promote good solid understanding of the subject matter.
American pilots fly in and out of European airspace with FAA knowledge, without crashing on a daily basis, why does EASA feel the need to pump a load of overly detailed and in many cases unecessary information onto its trainee pilots? To then sit in an exam room, spending precious seconds trying to figure out whether you are being tested for pilot knowledge or how well your verbal reasoning is.