Originally Posted by
ivor toolbox
Likewise for me, ex RAF rigger, 8 essays (4 trade, 4 legislation) plus the infamous multi choice . I was given to believe at the time that it depended on what you had spent part of the last 2 years of your service working on, whether you qualified for the reduced multi choice, you had to have worked on live aircraft, and preferably one with a civil equivalent.
I was lucky, was able to take a part time work experience job with a locally based operator, working on G reg aeroplanes (their chief engineer was one of my neighbours)
After the written exams there was the wait for the letter....either telling you that you had failed...or inviting you to apply for the oral board. 4 or 5 hours in an office at Gatwick, the final question I had was " what does an engineer do when he first receives his new licence" ; which I answered, but my brain was too addled by this time to work out it was a way of letting me know I'd done OK.
Ttfn
The reduced multi choice was a double edged sword,if the oral examiner had your multi choice answers in front of him he would go for your weak points.If he didn't he would go through the lot.
In 1982 my first attempt at a Section L LWTR I was an ex RAF J/T rigger and had only worked on fighters & bombers but I got the dispensation and duly failed my oral.