! Time for a few Maintenance Goals (or
Goaling as the new hip way of saying it is!)
Every year community
go through this whole oath or goaling thing when the New Year is upon us. I've
decided to try and put together some Maintenance Goals that should be realistic
for all of us aircraft mechanics.
I naturally do not make any resolutions but I think this could be a cool
exercise for the heck of it.
Goal #1
Stop distressing about delays while working on planes.
This is a hard one. The company will always push you to work quickly and to
work in a way so as you obtain minimum delays. Delays are bad, they price the
industry millions of dollars every year. Delays are most likely to be caused by
weather, crew scheduling or air traffic control, on the other hand maintenance
delays are an issue too.
My argument is that a delay caused by a mechanic fixing a broken plane should
not be lumped into all those other types of delays. We are discussion
about safety of flight in most of the things that end up being
maintenance delays so a departure time should be the utmost from your mind
while you are trying to troubleshoot an problem.
My goal would be (and has been) that I will not rush, rush, rush to repair a
plane. I will obtain my time and double check my work if necessary to make sure
I have made no mistakes. I do not confer estimates of "when I will be
done" except I'm pretty sure of what I'm doing. In essence NO PROMISES.
As an additional "word to the wise", the corporation will rush you
and try to get you to work rapidly (understandable, they are in industry to
make money) BUT if by chance you mess up and the FAA has to get involved you
will see just how fast the company will dump you and give up any knowledge of
how or why you did what you did. It is up to you as an A&P to check your personal
work and to be extremely sure that when you sign off something it is done
right.
Goal #2
Meet an "old school" mechanic and learn incredible thing from them.
I've had the credit to work with some of the "Old Timers" in our
industry. I was working at my job at the right time. The time when these guys
were still keen to teach a new guy and when they might still say something like
"hey jackass you are doing it incorrect!" and not get into difficulty.
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I'd
love to hear some stories from these guys1
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These guys are a capital of knowledge and should be idolized by the young
mechanic. I worked and get a bigger
hammer era and the stories and knowledge will help you grow and amaze you.
Goal #3
Teach a new take into service something.
The fresh guys are the future of the industry. Instead of argumentative about
how these new guys don't know anything or are too lazy to learn the exact way
lets show them the light!
They will forever remember you for it and it makes your work easier if they do
it right the first time.
Goal #4
Get your money straight (withdrawal)
Ok, it's great to struggle for the next pay raise and to bond it to the company
with a nice new fat contract. What has afraid me for a while now is how little
our A&P brothers and sisters think about their leaving.
It is very significant to think about how you want to live when you do leave or
retire, when you want to leave or retire, and what you desire to do when you do
retire. I am of the view that the earlier you can retire the better. We work in
a highly venomous field. The shorter the contact you can have to these
chemicals, etc the better.
If any of you out there wish to learn more
check out www.easaeducation.blogspot.com and learn more about it.
Goal #5
Be safe and sound.
We have selected a pretty dangerous career. Running engines, oil, fuel, grease,
flying rivets, sharp metal, poison gasses, you get the idea.
You would like to be able to go back to your family at the end of the day so look
at your back!
It's up to us to be vigilant by our own safety.
Happy New Year and let me know what your maintenance goals for the year might be.
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