You will never need to use this information after the checkride.

caliginousface said:
NDB's were useless? Really? RMI's anyone?
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RMI's are great for several things - especially flying a DME arc. I fly NDB approaches at least once a week. As a private pilot, I never thought I would do one after the IFR check ride. Then, a couple years later, I found myself in a job where they have become essential. You never know.
 
Roger Roger said:
E vs G is pretty important 135 VFR.
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I would actually disagree - I never really cared what airspace I was in when I was doing the Alaska scud-running stuff (which we don't really do here) - the only reason I cared was so I could parrot back the appropriate response if I was asked by a fed.
 
hammerhat said:
In practice though if I lose my radio in VMC I'm gonna go to the nearest uncontrolled field and land. If it happens in IMC well then I wouldn't be able to see them anyways.
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If your maintenance base is at controlled field then you are going to have to come in with light signals. I would rather know how to come straight back to the field with light signals.
 
USMCmech said:
One of the things that I HATE about flight training is the emphasis on material that a student will never use again in their aviation career.

Stuff like:
Class E/G airspace
Cloud clearance requirements
91.205
Encoded METARs, TAFs, Winds Aloft, ect.


What are some things that you spent time learning or teaching students that you have never used again?
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I've used all of it at various points of my short career. Most at the airline, but also doing the little fun flying I've done. Nothing is more nerve wracking than reaching in the way-back machine to answer the question, getting home and double checking.
 
ppragman said:
I would actually disagree - I never really cared what airspace I was in when I was doing the Alaska scud-running stuff (which we don't really do here) - the only reason I cared was so I could parrot back the appropriate response if I was asked by a fed.
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WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
 
hammerhat said:
In practice though if I lose my radio in VMC I'm gonna go to the nearest uncontrolled field and land. If it happens in IMC well then I wouldn't be able to see them anyways.
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What if your aircraft is to large with not enough fuel to go to an uncontrolled field?
 
alaskadrifter said:
Yes, let's lower the bar for aviation...
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My point is not to lower the bar, but to separate out what is really important for students to know (fuel planning for IFR flights) from the useless trivia (VOR service volumes).

There are also a great many things that students need to know (or at least be able to recall) for the rare time they are needed (Light Gun Signals).
 
If you think VOR service volumes are useless, consider an off route flight via VORs, international flying, and other area you might not have considered. Some of us use this information daily to make our flights safe. There is not one thing you have mentioned yet that I haven't used.

The information is not useless, you just don't use it.
 
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