Just because one can draw a system, doesn’t mean they understand it.

Just because one understands the concepts of flight, doesn’t mean they can fly an airplane either.

Yes, back in the day things were held to a higher standard in regards to aircraft knowledge, but we must remember we have checklists and memory items from some of the scenarios listed. It also makes things easier in regards to pilot workload as well.

For any person that listed a scenario above, we don’t just do. We either read and do, or we do because it’s a memory item.

I love flying, I live airplanes. Do I know every nook and cranny? Certainly not.

Do I continue to expand my knowledge? Certainly.

I’d like to think we should always persue in regards to knowing more and growing.


We’ve all been trained here to proficiency (I hope) and I’d like to believe we get and understand the basic concepts of our systems of this aircraft.

There’s people on the ground that know this aircraft way better than us and they’re not pilots 🤪