Step # 2 : Break down the C.A.R language!

I have covered this topic in greater depth in previous posts namely: DGCA and the English Language Part 1 and Part 2.

Briefly put, the idea is to simplify things for yourself. The DGCA has their own reasons to put language in the C.A.R in the way they do. Probably it’s something to do with it’s legal nature and probably ALL legal documents and legal notices are worded that way. However for you to write an exam you just HAVE to break that language up into simpler, meaningful and less complicated…. I will include more example of how you can ‘decipher’ the language in further posts.
The importance of this particular step cannot be overemphasized for it’s importance. There are lots of arguments (mostly in the study groups I talked about earlier) that do the rounds in classrooms on one particular perspective here and another one there. The bottomline with the C.A.R is, there is only one perspective; that of the DGCA! Understanding this perspective takes time and experience. But breaking up the language atleast makes the language easier; and that is where you can begin with making notes.
CAUTION: Most people are somehow of the opinion that breaking up sentences and paragraphs is usually to make learning them easier. Not here.
This step is meant to derive a summary/notes out of. That actually takes us to step 3 which follows soon. Re-iterating then, to break down the C.A.R language is Not to learn, not to memorize

Study Groups

Another very effective way of ‘troubleshooting’ your C.A.R doubts is to make study groups. It works more often than you’d like to believe! There are problems with study groups and we will cover that in time, however, if you keep the groups goal consistent and the discussion relevant, study groups help more than even self study!

Step # 1

So the first step should be to have a clear Understanding of the C.A.R part vis-à-vis the Series.
Yes, you do need guidance with understanding and that is where your AME school C.A.R instructor comes in. If there are certain aspects of the C.A.R you don’t understand during the course of normal lectures ASK questions! (we always did!)
In the highly regrettable circumstance that you feel shy, or feel you’ll make an idiot of yourself, contact the instructor in his/her spare time and am sure they would atleast make an attempt to iron out your doubts.
If you’re still not able to get to grasp with it, you’re free to ask questions on this blog(via the comments link) and I would try my best to help you out.

How to really study the CAR

The C.A.R is not your ordinary 12th grade text book with a chapter, followed by a summary and notes on the chapter, and finally questions. This fact in itself makes the C.A.R a very difficult thing to really study for an examination. A good first thought to overcome this is to create your own summary of every part and pick out questions on it. However, given the nature of aviation law, it is first appropriate to understand the content of the C.A.R part you’re covering. Without doing that not only is it quite difficult to make notes, but also one that makes for a very dry activity!

What we’re going to do is put down some steps on how you can really go about studying the C.A.R.
We’ll include tips and even examples from the sister blog Aircraft Maintenance Special, wherever possible, and in the course of time if I do come up with any additional tips to these steps, I’ll continue to make these additions as ‘comments’ to the primary post.

The Objective …re-visited!

Running parallel blogs associated with aircraft maintenance is admittedly not an easy task! To differentiate between the two, is not quite my intention here though. It is important to review just what we’re planning with this blog, in light of the new parallel blog, Aircraft maintenance Special.

The CAR conundrum is about making a great start in the aviation maintenance Industry. Paper I – C.A.R Section 2 Airworthiness is your first interface with the art of writing exams. Why do we need to learn this art? Put it simply, you will be writing them all the time in the aviation industry…all the time! Whether it’s basic papers (papers I, II and III – more on the AM special), or the Specific Aircraft or Engine type papers. You’ll have to be at it all the time. Let's face it, the aviation industry is at the leading edge of innovation and technology, it has all the ingredients of a very exciting career. However, as new technologies make their way into your hangar, you're going to have to adapt to it...and learn, and....write exams! Certifying an aircraft that's going to carry sometimes an odd 400 passengers, does not leave room to 'learn from mistakes'.

Irrespective, the start is important and making a good start with is what The Car Conundrum is all about.

Hope that clears things up.

Aircraft Maintenance Special

After some research and theorizing, I decided to start a parallel blog that deals with many issues associated with the Aircraft Maintenance Industry, but those that fall outside the domain of The CAR Conundrum.
The blog is called Aircraft Maintenance Special, and you may check it out for matters that are more general in nature, in the context of this blog. Aircraft Maintenance Special will deal with far broader domains than just the C.A.R. It will include discussions on Airframe and powerplant maintenance, new technologies that are in the pipeline or already existent.
The textbooks on Aircraft maintenance are being re-written ever so often. And the reason behind that is the evolution of aircraft maintenance, driven by economics and the environment. We can no longer have in the cockpit items that are “good-to-know”. What we have now is what “we NEED to know”…just that…no unnecessary items…no clutter. It calls for simpler presentation, simpler components, and proportionately simpler maintenance tasks. But, there are stumbling blocks here too! Read more at the AM special blog!