The Solution - Part I - A Catharsis

We know now that studying for the CAR examinations, by picking through questions from a ‘special-latest-edition’ question bank, only exacerbates the problem for any person desiring to make a career in aircraft maintenance. So what’s the solution?
“Let’s get beyond the problem and the preachy statements shall we!”
“Yes, let’s have some real, practical, tangible and obviously executable methods!”

From the outset, I admit, the solution is not an easy one and neither is it a one-fit-all.

From time immemorial we’ve been studying for our subjects by memorizing, by attempting to learn without completing understanding a topic, clamoring for that one extra mark to outdo the person next to us. At school we did it and discovered great success. In college we got even better at grabbing; 96.77% is no-where near 96.76 right! Oh yes, it makes all the difference! Between making it to a great college and not, between getting the choicest subjects or being stuck with the ‘third- rate’ subjects that only losers take up voluntarily! It makes all the difference when you go to get those ‘in-demand’ jobs doesn’t it.

Ok, now that’s a trend today, and this is not the place to tide against it. This is a discussion on the field of aviation, and more precisely aircraft maintenance. This is an area of study that prepares you in a highly professional, disciplined and intensive vocation. Here, application of knowledge is more significant than the mere possession of it . Examinations are a constant, and your mark being 10 or even 20 percentile higher than your colleagues’, is no differentiator of who is more successful, at getting the job, or even keeping it.
The job itself entails several challenges. Responsibility is high; decision making skills are put to the test with safety on the one end and operational limitations on the other, in an environment that can be hostile even for the more seasoned professionals.
You respect Time, or it leaves you behind…far behind!