Maintenance

Maintenance interview prep.

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Behavioural questions to expect

  1. Walk me through your aviation maintenance career + airworthiness experience.
  2. Tell me about a maintenance situation or troubleshoot you've handled.
  3. Why passenger aviation maintenance vs other paths (cargo / corporate / military / OEM / GA)?
  4. Why this maintenance role - line / base / MCC / planning / reliability / inspector?
  5. Why the firm?
  6. What's your read on our fleet + maintenance org + recent events?
  7. Tell me what you understand about our airworthiness + quality posture.
  8. Walk me through a complex maintenance troubleshoot or intermittent fault.

Technical concepts to master

  • Part 145 + CAMP + release-to-service

    CAMP (Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program) · Part 145 quality system · Return-to-Service (RTS) · RII (Required Inspection Items) · Logbook + work pack documentation

  • MEL + CDL + NEF + deferral discipline

    MEL (Minimum Equipment List) · O + M procedures · CDL (Configuration Deviation List) · NEF (Non-Essential Furnishings) · Repair-interval tracking

  • AD / SB + reliability + MSG-3

    AD (Airworthiness Directive) · SB (Service Bulletin) · MSG-3 + MRB / MPD · Reliability programme · SDR + MOR + ASAP-M reporting

  • Human factors + RII + RTS discipline

    Dirty Dozen · SHELL + PEAR models · MRM (Maintenance Resource Management) · Just culture · FOD prevention

Practical drills

  • You are line tech / MCC on a turn. A narrowbody aircraft has one hydraulic pump showing fault. Dispatch wants to release for a 90-min sector. Walk through MEL + O/M + deferral + repair-interval reasoning.
  • An aircraft has had three intermittent EICAS warnings for the same system over the last two weeks. Each time line ran BITE + found no fault. Now it presents again on a turn. Walk through your approach.
  • Junior tech finished a flight-control rigging task on your team. RII inspection is required. He is fatigued + asks to skip cross-check, saying 'I checked it myself, it's fine.' Walk through your response + decision rhythm.

Smart-question anchors

  • Fleet + base network - types, ages, ETOPS-M, station footprint, in-house vs contract MRO mix
  • Safety + quality posture - SMS phase, ASAP-M / SDR / MOR rhythm, IOSA + Part 145 audit cycle, just-culture maturity
  • Training programme - OEM courseware, in-house ATO, recurrent + human-factors / MRM cadence
  • MCC + planning sophistication - integrated maintenance control, MEL discipline, IROPS rhythm
  • Reliability + engineering - MSG-3 + MPD evolution, AD action approach, AMOC discipline

Sourced from

FAA 14 CFR Part 43 + Part 121 Subpart L + Part 145 + Part 65 + Part 39 + FAA Advisory Circulars (AC 120-16G CAMP, AC 145-9 RSQCM, AC 65-30 Aviation Maintenance Human Factors) · ICAO Annex 8 + Annex 6 Part I Chapter 8 + Doc 9760 Airworthiness Manual + Doc 9824 Human Factors in Maintenance · EASA Part-M + Part-CAMO + Part-145 + Part-66 + Easy Access Rules for Continuing Airworthiness · IATA IOSA Standards Manual (MNT / GRH / DSP disciplines) + ATA MSG-3 Operator / Manufacturer Scheduled Maintenance Development · Transport Canada TP 13794 Human Performance in Maintenance + UK CAA CAP 716 Aviation Maintenance Human Factors + Boeing MEDA + Dupont Dirty Dozen

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