What do you need to know about TAFE?

None taken.
You would be lame if you pronounce it as such.
REAL L.A.M.E will pronounce it full if talking to non technical/aviation person and/or call out the acronym and the its definition.
I normally use 'Aircraft Maintenance Engineer'.

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Apr 6 2009, 02:45 AM

Yes! Every time it lands... that’s why it needs to be certified before next departure..


"even 1 of close female frz said :huh?izzit true that aircraft always spoils?"

1. Agreed
2. Yup, they still do. And the epaulettes.

I will violently disagree. We're not automotive engineers!

I don't give a hood about the colour choices.. Williams's theme is blue, so won't it look weird with AA's red?
It's a management decision and I guess AA's already paying through the noses for that!

Deerbaby,
Like everyone else, you start from the bottom. Please read earlier postings..

Most probably both!

Of course its true!

No requests from pilots necessary. The engineer is in charge and responsible for the aircraft as soon as it lands...
He will inspect and certify if the aircraft is airworthy and safe for the next flight. And he'll do this before EVERY flight.
This is one of the requirements of the air legislation.

If you do not know the subject matter and the industry, don't think or assumed. Ask. Somebody will give/response with the right answer.
This is what the forum is for

I clearly typed: 'before EVERY flight'.
Clear enough?

If you hate life as a 'pencil/pen pusher' behind a desk in an airconditioned room, I guess this is great.
Work wise, no problem... it's the employer that makes the difference... beware

cardin,
after all the efforts, it's none of the above!

E- Electrical
I- Instruments
R- Radio.

EIR is short for avionics trade.

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Apr 22 2009, 08:40 AM

cardin,
No one seems to be answering this!
Personally I have worked with these three engine types and each one have their own strengths and quirks working around them! No personal preferences. A gas turbine engine is a gas turbine engine. That is all to it...

cardin,
That's a static discharger. One of the many around the aircraft found usually at the wing tips, flight controls and other parts of the structures.
The main function is, of course, discharging static electricity from the aircraft to the air/atmosphere.

cardin,
They are there, believe you me..
They will be attached similar to this pix.

Some info on static dischargers. This is from the Boeing maintenance manual:

1. Static dischargers are installed on the airplane to reduce radio receiver
interference. Corona discharge, from precipitation static and engine
charging, is emitted from the airplane and causes the radio interference.
The precipitation static is the result of an electric charge accumulated
by the airplane striking charged air and moisture particles. Static
usually discharges at the wing and tail extremities and is coupled into
the radio receiver antennas. The static dischargers are designed to
discharge the static at points which are a critical distance away from
the wing and tail extremities where there is little or no coupling into
the radio receiver antennas.

2. Each discharger that is installed along the trailing edge of the wing and
the tail surfaces consists of a carbon fiber tip at the end of a slender
rod. The rod incorporates a resistive (conducting) material and is
attached to a metal base. The base is fastened and bonded to the
trailing edge surface.

3. Wing tip dischargers are smaller than wing and tail dischargers but have
the same general construction and are attached in the same way.

4. The vertical fin and each wing has a tip discharger and three trailing
edge dischargers. Each horizontal stabilizer has a tip discharger and
two trailing edge discharge

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Apr 23 2009, 05:46 PM


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Those are winglets. yes.
A320, correct!

cardin,
Those are extracts from the 'description and operation' section of the manual on static dischargers.
Nope, I am afraid I am not that

Yes, it is an explanation to your queries...
Not to dissappoint you, yes I am an LAME and it doesn't matter where I worked, is it not?

cardin,
To cut a long story short, I joined an apprenticeship programme for 5 years. At the end of that 5 years, I got my LWTR (A&C) and my first type, a Boeing B737. And the rest is history..

cardin,
Very sharp!
Yes.. I was under MAS's TAME programme. One heck of a programme they used to have, producing excellent engineers for the industry
Yep.. fortunately the journey was a great and smooth one and ALL of us got our licenses as planned.
Too bad, gone were the good old days.

The pleasure is mine, cardin.
Some of us are bonded for 5 years (the ones under MARA scholarships).
Non MARA scholarships elligible were bonded for 10 years.

The MARA scholarship was actually a 'dermasiswa'.. and we're paying back 10% of the total amount.
The bond is because the study fees was borned by MAS as we're trained overseas.
During that time I guess we're the best as 3000 applied and only 30 got it.