Motormouse wrote:
Only 6 essays...you had it easy..I had 8 for first cat, then another 4 each for second and third cat (old A,C and XE),plus another 1 hour interview for each, and another 1 hour interview for each type rating. By the end of all that lot I was on first name terms with our local surveyor...never got any easier tho!
Pete
When I did my Spey type licence the surveyor asked me a question where I didn't quite understand what he was getting at, so he drew me a diagram of the centre fuel tank of a 1-11 200 series. He then drew 4 circles in it. I asked him what the circles represented and he told me the fuel pumps. I said there are only 2 pumps in the centre tank, he appeared to think about it and then said "oh yes".
A few weeks later a friend of mine went from the same ticket and the same trick was pulled on him. So it just goes to show when you went for those interview you had to be confident to disgree with the surveyor.
One guy who I used to know told me that when he went for his VC10 license in 1962 it was a two day affair and once he got it, he thought he was made for life.
I now have his Vickers Training School A & C course notes for the Viscount & VC10, plus part of his Britannia notes
If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us tickets.
Andy, aviation is a fantastic industry to work in and as been mentioned there are many jobs you can do. At the moment I work as a Flight Coordinator for LSG Sky Chefs at Manchester. This mainly involves coordinating the catering for Emirates, Virgin and US Airways. In basic terms it means getting all of the departments to get the job done and to the airlines specs. Then when it's delivered to the aircraft you have to go onboard and hand it over to the crew. They check it and sign if they are happy with it. It's not a bad job, but not a long term prospect.
Tonks, Civvy street is where I wanna be if I can. Mainly 'cause I have very little interest in Military aircraft. Mum keeps trying to get me to look into the RAF but I've resisted so far!
AndyMinx wrote:Tonks, Civvy street is where I wanna be if I can. Mainly 'cause I have very little interest in Military aircraft. Mum keeps trying to get me to look into the RAF but I've resisted so far!
Cheers,
Of course more and more jobs around the RAF are becoming civilian too...
I used to work at the RAF Air Traffic Control School at Shawbury under a civilian contract. It was good fun, but just a little far to travel so I finished after about 9 months.
Onwards and Upwards!!!!!!!!
Jetty!
If God had of meant us to fly, he would have given us wings! He did, it's called an aeroplane!
