I'll reveal my true colors here.
You see, it doesn't matter whether Turk knew the answer to the question or not. What I was looking for was his response, his attitude if you will.
Would Turk:
A: Look at the question and figure "Hmmm. Don't know, but I'd like to know " and do a little research and come back with some sort of an answer. It wouldn't matter if the answer was even incomplete. What would matter is that he wanted to know the information about an IFR operation, that he wanted to do a little research beyond the scope of what he's doing now, and wanted fill up his bag-o-knowlege just a little more.
Or would he....
B. Take up a poor attitude. "I don't know the answer, so I don't need to know, it's stupid info and I don't care, besides, with all my experience, I already know exactly what I need to know and what I don't for the real world". If a student asked you the question I did, would you REALLY have told him that it "doesn't matter in the real world" and "I don't care"? If you would have, what a poor instructor attitude that would be to a student.
Now to the rest of your points. I NEVER said anything about going somewhere else regards the MTR. But knowing where it's located, and having a little SA on it's route, would generally help you that much more with where to focus your aerial lookout when in the practice area. That area over Lake Pleasant is for everybody, but it'd sure be nice to know where certain ops are to help with the see and avoid......at least to some of us that think we need to know that. And BTW, the number of times I've been on 122.75 making a traffic call, the frequency has been relatively dead; didn't seem too busy, but there may have not been any planes around either.
I've got nothing to prove, and I certainly don't know it all. But at least my mind is open enough to learn things new, unlike the two of you. Seen your type come and go too; the "if I don't know it now, then I don't need to". Maybe my brand and style of help to someone aviation-wise seems a little unorthodox to you, but I've laid out my intent in this post. You may or may not have seen my question on the authority of controllers in Non-Federal Control Towers from the other day (in the General section). In it, I posed a question to the forum that I didn't know, yet wanted to know because it's important enough to know. So your blast on me thinking I feel like I see all/know all is rather false.
Here's an example: I fly single pilot, so do I really care about CRM in general? Not really. In fact, I don't really care for crew anything, just a personal preference. But I learn CRM because I want to know how best to operate in a crew situation if I ever needed to, and be an effective part of the team, regardless of my personal preferences. Will I ever use it in the real world? Probably not, but never say never. Same with Cat III ILS. Am I ever going to use on in the ops I do? Probably not. But it has to do with IFR, and therefore, I want to know....in fact as a professional, SHOULD know about how they work. Again, never say never with the future.
Finally. Are you saying I can't come around on the PanAm section of the website? Didn't know it was a private club. Sorry you have no appreciation for General Jack D Ripper, but I happen to find him rather amusing.
So since nothing I have to say is interesting, and the info I throw out is useless, I'll ask questions more to you PanAm IPs level and importance.
Q. How much fuel does the PA-44 Janitrol heater burn and from where does it draw it?