Jim is a great guy... he taught part of my qual course on the bus.. Incredibly knowledgable.
The rumor has been floating around from standards captains for a while now that a variation of the oral might come back. They are concerned not so much with fleet knowledge as that with updates all being done automatically by the Ipad no one reads the changes anymore. So this would be a way to reenforce them.
Deathwish.. I have the video in an electronic format.. it is a great review. PM me your email and I'll get you a dropbox link too it.