Today, a little after noon, I finished Paul Jones' FAA Mechanic exams. Paul fulfilled the Federal Aviation Administration's 30 month aircraft maintenance experience requirement in February and qualified to take the tests for an FAA Mechanic Certificate. He took three written tests at a computer testing center, passing them with excellent scores. That brought Paul to the oral and practical exams which I'm authorized to administer.
Paul answers a question from my book of many questions.
Paul's oral and practicals began yesterday. In my book of test questions there are about a thousand questions that cover General, Airframe, and Powerplant subject areas. I choose 176 questions to ask for the oral portion of the exams. There are 44 subject areas and I'm required to ask four questions from each. Once Paul successfully completed the oral exam, we headed for the hangars to do the practical part.
The guy with the clipboard gets to give the test; the guy with the hydraulic cylinder gets to answer the questions.
Again, all 44 subject areas had to be tested. Paul demonstrated his ability in hydraulics by replacing the "O" ring seals in a landing gear door actuating cylinder. The entire oral and practical is usually a day and a half of pretty intense testing. I always hope the applicant finishes successfully and is at least a little more exhausted than I am.
Paul is a graduate of MMS Aviation's mechanic training program and will soon serve as a pilot/mechanic with Missionary Air Group in Guatemala.
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