Apprenticeship in India

[HAWK21M]

Don't plan too far ahead...Cross the river when you reach it.
regds
MEL

[abelsinglei]

hi, im doin ma ojt in RA having completed 21/2 yrs of training bt im 4m LA & CP background. so, im finding abit hard. actually i wanna persue in HA & JE through apprentice or any other means. so any suggestions of hz to persue ma next step. were n hz should i apply?

[HAWK21M]

Write to the HR manager of the Airlines in your city.
regds
MEL

[superliner]

Can somebody please let me know of international airlines that have their maintenance bases here in India. I guess it is worth a shot trying them out for an apprenticeship, is it not? Some contact details would be of a lot of help! Oh, one more question, would it be better if I emailed them my resume or sent them a hard copy... (that is if and when I get their address!). I was thinking along the lines of a handwritten cover letter + a printed resume would add a little bit of a personal touch.

Just trying my best from my end. Look forward to reading from senior members here. Thanks in advance! :-)

[HAWK21M]

Cross the River,when you reach it.....No point thinking to far ahead....keep small targets at a time & achieve them gradually.
regds
MEL

[superliner]

Hey... thanks HAWK21. I really appreciate your taking out time to reply to my questions. Wish you the best!

At the moment what I'm looking for is.. er... places for gaining work experience (OJT), that's all. I guess apprenticeship was not the appropriate word to be used there in the last post. So, could anybody point me to the organization where I may gain some work experience?

Regards.

[born1987]

i think thats the responsibility of institute to send students on ojt

[superliner]

Umm... technically yes it is the institute's responsibility, but since they'd be making us to work on their dummy aircraft, I'm looking for greener pastures. Somewhere where I'd be more exposed to the real maintenance activities.

superliner

[HAWK21M]

You would need to approach Airlines in the country.Since you are still in training,not many airlines may oblige.However major mx or engine shops could.
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MEL.

[superliner]

Yes... that is exactly my line of thought! Can you please give me the contact details of such organizations? I've tried googling out a few of them, have been successful in acquiring the relevant details to an extent, dunno how much is enough though.

Thanks again!

[HAWK21M]

You need to personally visit the offices of these airlines and talk to the HR mgr if possible,its better than sending accross a letter.
BOM/DEL/MAA have main bases for a few airlines.
regds
MEL

[superliner]

Getting an appointment with the HR is difficult here in Delhi for the major airlines at least. Lets see what I can make of the situation currently at hand. Thanks!

[superliner]

I'm reviving my old thread here to for everybody's convenience and to stop the same things from being repeated again. So after all this time that I've spent researching and getting in touch with various organisatin, not much seems to have materialised (from the big players, at least).

Although I do have offers from a flying club that has a fleet of cessna 172/152 and approved for 100Hr inspection and from a MRO that is approved for higher inspections/repair of biz-jets.

I seek advice from senior members as to which I should choose given that from what I understand I might get a job at the flying club at the end of the training, but have none such indications from the MRO. In terms of experience gained, I guess the MRO would be better hands down, wouldn't it?

[HAWK21M]

Any job is better than none.
To appear for papers,one needs experience.....ensure the Aircraft/Engine present at your place of work,provides that.

regds
MEL.

[superliner]

Originally Posted by HAWK21M

Any job is better than none

That indeed is very true.

What I'm trying to decide here is that if I take up this offer at the flying club I will not get the experience that an airline would require should any positions open up in the future, and being shown the door for that would be too bad. On the other hand the experience gained, in terms of the diversity and complexity of the systems involved, on biz jets at the MRO would still be better. So it is basically a choice between a job and work-experience, and both sound equally important to me.

I still have time to take a decision, so I'm open to suggestions and advices.

Sincere thanks!

[Miles Gustaph]

Aircraft systems are aircraft systems, the difference between small and large aircraft in a lot of cases is merely scale.

In a lot of cases, and I have seen this, engineers who have done their apprenticeships in a sizable MRO quite often don't have the experience or flexibility that comes from working on small aircraft and working on all of the systems.

I'm with MEL, "a job is better than no job." and I'll add to that... "how much do you want to work on aircraft, or do you only want to work on big aircraft?"

...take the job, get the experience!

[superliner]

The way you put it Miles, the flying club sounds more appealing. I had a slight aversion to it simply because all they've got is Cessna's 172/152. Not implying they're bad airplanes or anything just that there wouldn't be a lot of variations there. Having said that, I think if I could really get to know the plane inside out, that would be great. So I guess I'll go there, and its not that I am definitely getting a job there. They've just hinted that I might, which was definitely missing when I spoke to the MRO people.

Originally Posted by Miles Gustaph

"how much do you want to work on aircraft, or do you only want to work on big aircraft?"

I am more of an electronics/radio/computer guy, so the size of the airplane is irrelevent. Just the avionics that's on board that interests me.

Thank you all for your time, your replies really helped.

[Amevoice]

hi

Go Air is providing OJT . Try there you may get there easily.

[courseitsfixed]

Depends what you want to do in your later aviation career.If you gain experience only on small light piston types then you will find it difficult to transition to jets.In addition even biz jets have more sophisticated avionics suites than Cessna 150's plus all the associated systems such as pressurisation/aircon/IFE etc etc.
If the salary is not the driver then would humbly suggest the biz jet experience is more useful.
However do remember that OJT for most companies translates into unpaid labour.

[superliner]

@courseitsfixed: Your post is exactly along my lines of thought. As you can see, it is pretty tough call for me to take at the moment because whatever I decide would surely be turning point in my (yet to begin) career as an avionic engineer.
To answer the first part of your post, further along in my career I picture myself in the midst of lots of avionics, radios, GPS, computers etc. with the liberty of taking them apart and putting back together. Like I said size of the aircraft doesn't matter; give me an A380, B777NG, Learjet.... I'm not picky... haha. I have started to form in inclination towards the flying club's offer 'cuz at least it would give me a "parking spot", where I could buy my time till the market picks up and I get the opportunity to begin chasing my dreams once again!

@amevoice: Like I said I've tried getting in touch with ALL the major airlines but have failed to elicit a single reply! Not even a "Thank you for your interest, but we have no positions right now" kind of a reply. Could you please provide me with the contact details. That would be really really helpful.

Thanks everyone for your time.... all ears (eyes?) all the time ;-)