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Old 27th Mar 2008, 04:53
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Hi Shachim

You are a sagol.
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Old 27th Mar 2008, 15:49
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Making exams easier anywhere in the world is an outrageous suggestion, get in the books for longer and study harder, there is no shortcuts to learning standard practices and maintaining aircraft in the correct way.

I fully agree with you there Beeline. I just do not understand why all the worlds Aviation regulators can't get together and come up with some sort of licence examination system, that is the same for all Aircraft Engineers, worldwide. I have been in the RAF up until recently but I had no idea of how intense the studying for a B1 licence is. I am just getting my head around maths again, and I thought I was ok at it. When I was a fresh faced mechanic in the RAF many moons ago. I worked on a large aircraft fleet in the RAF, which had all of it's primary maintenance done by a sub contractor( mentioning no names ) who employed alot of engineers from eastern countries. Now at the time I thought that all civvy engineers were the best of the best no matter where they came from, because of all the exams and training they did, however that was brought back to earth with a bump, after what I saw. The contractor used to send some blokes over to the UK some times to work on fuel tank repairs. On one occasion they had to get into one of the large fuel tanks. All was going well at the time, they opend the tank and let the fuel vapours vent out for 24 hours. However when they finally decided to get into the tank to have a look, they decided to use for illumination, a normal garage inspection lamp, with the most bodged electricle supply cable you could imagine. I have never run, or seen people run so fast in all my life. Even though the tank had been vented, the risk from fuel vapours was still too great. The blokes in question left very quickly out the front gate after that, never to return. Apparently they had maintenance licences also, which shocked me even more.
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is there still apprentership in usa and uk
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Old 4th Apr 2008, 17:58
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is there still apprentership in usa and uk
It is one way to get into business (EASA)
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Old 10th Apr 2008, 01:45
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any one from any country is in india right now and working for indian carrier pls tell?
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Old 20th Apr 2008, 14:27
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hi can any one tell how cathy pasific is to work for in india and where experience will i get if i work in cathey pacific in india is it of dgca .india or caa
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Old 27th Apr 2008, 18:24
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Cool

Cathay Pacific operates under HKG CAD regulations.
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Old 20th May 2008, 07:40
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i put resume/cv everywhere but no reply why so is the demand over now?
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Old 17th Nov 2008, 06:45
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Lets put it this way.....
exams questions are formatted differently,but if one studies hard,passing it is not tough.

On the question of AME working in India,Its true most AMEs supervise the work done by Technicians......But there are exceptions Too......Some work with their hands & sign docs too.....You need to meet them

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Old 17th Nov 2008, 09:50
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On the question of AME working in India,Its true most AMEs supervise the work done by Technicians......But there are exceptions Too......Some work with their hands & sign docs too.....You need to meet them

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We had some contractors on our line station with a "Monsieur le Inspecteur" attitude. They expected to walk just around with torch, mirror and stamp and let the unlicenced mechs do all the work, especially if the job was going to be dirty. Needless to say that they didn't last long.
Here everybody has to pull his weight.
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in my company most engineers love to do job with there own hand

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Old 17th Nov 2008, 13:33
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hi mr hawk r u engineer? if u dont mind can u pls tell in which airline u r in throgh pm...........
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Old 19th Nov 2008, 08:15
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The Airline which has no hard working folks in Mx won't survive for long.
Yes.I'm an AME licenced in Cat A&C...currently working on B737/757 freighters at Mumbai.
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mr hawk nice to see that such a experienced person is between us who can guide the new kids like me.

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Hello

Hi Guys

I passed my Indian exams, in 1998 and I agree with the previous posters, that the exam in purely theoritical and completely irrelevant. Unfortunately most engineers never ever touch tools but thats how it is in India. If u have the past examination questions, cram for a month u are sure to pass.

I later on got licenses from the UK, Australia and New zealand. Now these exams cannot be passed without hands on experience.

So guys having been there and done that I can vouch that the Indian exam is not at all difficult and infact a very simple exam to pass. On the same token if you need to work in India, u have to play by their rules.

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Old 29th Nov 2008, 17:45
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Remember Hard work pays....It may take time but it does.
Study well,Work with your hands too,remember practice makes perfect.
Understandably most AMEs out here supervise & Techs work....But there are a few that do the work with their hands too.
Its a good way to work.....I follow the A&P style of work & it is very sucessfull.
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nice say mr hawk

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Old 3rd Dec 2008, 08:11
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One can take short courses and pass the FAA exams. I didn't do that, but instead spent a year studying before taking the writtens, then a year preparing for the practical...after working as a mechanic's assistant (apprentice) for seven years. The FAA and the practical test examiner told me that's not the norm, but I didn't want to show up unprepared. My oral exam lasted about eight hours, plus a long practical test that involved timing magnetos, inspecting an aircraft, researching AD's, riveting, bending metal, balancing a propeller, etc.

I know nothing about the Indian exam, but I'd say for any practical test, one should always show up prepared.
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Paitence to learn.Working with ones hands & willing to ask questions are important steps to be a good AME/AMT.
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