ccm123

I am in he same boat as you.Im considerin enrolling for the AME course in Nilai UC. U will be an mechanic in aircraft,similiar to mechanics for automobiles. I also love the physics related concepts and have an interest in aircraft.

I would enjoy the theory part but i have the same fear as u as well. The mechanic part...the assembling and fixing. I dont have much interest in the mechanical part.
I always have ppl askin"do u remove and assemble ur bicycle?" "do u remove parts and assemle them again?"  its some what annoying.
But i enjoy figuring out how things work.

Ooo wow.. you're one of the top 1% selected!!    Luck or not, that's pretty impressive in my book!

Currently I'm in the middle of applying, so not in any group / batch yet.  I've emailed Mr Salleh Mohamed (AirAsia) to ask when there will be a next intake, and I hope there will be one soon.  I'm also looking for options with MAS too, and I'm going to send applications to both.  Wish me luck ya
Great news!  ewin, do you happen to know when usually the intake period would be for METC?  For AirAsia Academy it looks like Jan08 intake (Batch 5, which is full already), so I really would appreciate any info here.

Thanks for the confidence guys    I sincerely hope I do get my chance soon.


ADP (American Degree Program) is recognized, eh?  I did pre-Uni for engineering under ADP back then..  before zaman gawat in 1998 and our govt couldn't afford to send us to the States... 

..anyways, all the best for you comes this Sept in Glamorgan! 
Interesting to know...  before this I didn't see Malaysia in terms of either a consumer or manufacturer in airlines industry. All I know is Malaysia's aviation industry is growing steadily since the first 'atap nipah' airport 

France (Airbus) and the US of A (Boeing) should be where the aircraft designers would flock to, eh?  Hmm... comes to think of it, I wonder about why the height requirement are the norm for pilots, was the reason for the height was so that their legs can reach the brakes and the rudder pedals?  If that's so, then aircraft designers should at least consider designing longer pedals for vertically challenged pilots, right?  Hehe... just my lame musings here.

I've attended a Six Sigma* Green Belt training last August, and early in beginning of the course the Master Black Belt [MBB] person who conducted the training told us that average "sigma" for most company in my current field of employment (definitely not aviation-lah) is 2 Sigma, which is below the classic / old view of quality of 3.8 Sigma (or in other words, 99% Good.  Examples: 2 short or long landings at most major airports each day; or 20,000 lost articles of mail per hour; or no electricity for almost 7 hours each month).  The Six Sigma, or 6 Sigma view of quality is 99.99966% Good (this time, the Examples compared: 1 short or long landing every FIVE years; or 7 articles lost per hour; or 1 hour without electricity every 34 years, etc... that's roughly one defect per million opportunities... that's the difference in sigma quality sample).  So the higher the Sigma capability is, of course the better quality given, right?  It is very hard for a company / process to obtain and maintain 3.8 Sigma, and getting 5 Sigma is considered a success for many.

Our MBB person then proceed in asking us if we know what is the Sigma capability for the Boeing Company.  Of course-lah our first thought is 5 to 6 sigma.  He just chuckled and told us that Boeing is actually a 12 Sigma, lemme state that again, 12 Sigma.  That's like 1 defect per BILLLIon opportunities!   So yeah... major new respect for those working for Boeing, designing or building those planes for the LAEs to maintain... (Okay, I've Googled the credibility of this fact but couldn't find much.. so I just take my MBB word for it.. he's really a sifu in this subject).

Anyway, sorry for my ramblings.. maybe will benefit for ccm123, Ady Yeo, or anyone who is more into the conceptual / designing / theory side of aircraft engineering.  At least I did felt that way, my passion for aviation sure felt fired up whenever I came across the word Boeing after that (haha... no offense for the non-supporter of Boeing). Just that I am more passionate about getting my hands dirty, fixing aircrafts instead of manufacturing it.
*The term "Six Sigma" refers to the ability of highly capable processes to produce output within specification. In particular, processes that operate with six sigma quality produce at defect levels below 3.4 defects per (one) million opportunities (DPMO)[3]. Six Sigma's implicit goal is to improve all processes to that level of quality or better. (taken from Wikipedia)