Now then, the C.A.R.

Eventually, we understood the C.A.R, in the context of AME’s, to be Civil Aviation Requirements – Section 2 Airworthiness…! Huh?1 Where did Section 1 get to?? Well, our civil aviation rules are a bit like that…a puzzle...and with the outright potential of intimidating the best of professionals on first reading!
Personally, I didn’t realize that the Civil Aviation Requirements had 8 sections until the DGCA had all the CAR’s loaded on their official website. Till date, the search function on that website is what it’s always been….defunct!
So it dawned on us, like everything else did after the first few days at AME school, that C.A.R was like a bible for the AME. That it was to be given no less reverence than our very own jobs! It also dawned on us that when you ink your name on a document associated with the airworthiness of the aircraft or any of it’s components under your area of authorization, you automatically declare that the job has been done as per the C.A.R, and, if found in contravention of it thereafter, would lead to suspension or even cancellation of your license…if you were lucky! No doubt, that would mean you go home and confess, “Honey, I lost my job!”
However, On the other hand, if all goes well & you’ve done your job per the rules, you get to go home, keep your job, and in all likelihood, sleep in piece! Until the next time, that is…! So, that’s how the importance of the CAR was embossed into our very DNA!