topcat450
I go to them and if you learn one new thing - then count it as a bonus.
Sometimes - you garner as much from talking to CAA bods informally at the bar as you do listening to the formal chalk and talk.
I have several reservations about the way M3/JAR145 maintenance outfits work and a discussion on this subject was very helpful. Obviously - this was not on the formal agenda and didn't need to be aired publicly but a bit of networking helped me.
Is it a worthwhile way to spend an evening
OK - if Nicole Kidman asked you to join her on an interesting flight into paradise aboard a G-V , consider it a no brainer - otherwise yes - a worthwhile way to spend an evening.
<<edit: Which would you prefer to get to handle? The G-V or Nicole Kidman?>>