Originally Posted by
John 3:16
. "Here's a blank piece of paper, draw the electrical system of the F-16, in as much detail as you can." Etc.
Well that won't get you very far in the USN/USMC tactical world then.
Starting in T-2Cs the IP told you that if you could touch it from the cockpit you didn't need to know it and you certainly weren't going to be fixing it.
We had enough with the standard NATOPS and the plethra of TACMANs to worry about without tracing a spark across a wire diagram.
John - I'm also assuming you used this example as a technical question about a plane that you are coming from, or currently in, as after a few months I'd forgotten whatever I did manage to store in the back of my brain about my fleet aircraft's electrical system!
Memorize the FARs
That is like memorizing the Tax Codes.
You know they even teach lawyers HOW to look things up/research because trying to memorize stuff just leads to mistakes.
I'll say that I like my current jobs approach better than SkyWest's then. My most recent oral exam was around 5 hours long for my ASIP - but we had the manuals in front of us - both FOM type and technical type for the flight inspection. they tell you NOT to try and memorize all of the information. You'll see techs in the back after 10-15+ years on the job still looking up tolerances and they all have the book open and available to them during an inspection (of course we do have a lot of exceptions to work out too)