Originally Posted by
kevin18
Limitations are dumb. Single pack ops? It’s mentioned in the qrh and mel, why memorize that. Wheel speed? If I have to be moving that fast on the ground there’s a reason for it. Wipers? Every time it is a speed well above the wind just keeping the rain off the windshield anyways. Thrust, useless info determined under controlled circumstances with a brand new engine. People get wrapped up around limits for no reason. Yes, there are some that are important, most of the ones asked are just useless. There’s a reason there are color codes on an eicas.
end rant
Most modern training programs limit checked limitations to those items which are not placarded or otherwise readily available in the airplane (i.e. weight limits on the release). Some (United 75/76 unless changed recently) still require pilots to memorize the weights of multiple variants as a hazing ritual.
In general training programs are getting better in the age of EICAS and other systems that make it pointless to memorize random numbers.