Training will no longer be an annual requirement. For me it will be something that I live and breathe. My old career field spends a lot of time on simple tasks that we do ad nauseum. The Loadmaster career field demands that each member be fully trained and qualified (current and qualified) on all phases of their job. I understand why – it’s normally a one deep position that done improperly could cause serious injury or death or even cause a plane to crash. The job is important and the training is extremely thorough. I understand why it is done in this fashion.
We had our first (of many) block tests yesterday. I passed the test without problems but I couldn’t have done that without studying. One of the airmen in the class failed the test. He said that when we had the review prior to the test that he got confused. If you really know the material how do you get confused? I hope that he spends the time needed this weekend to really study the material. If he doesn’t he will be eliminated. When it comes to my health and safety I really don’t want to work with someone that didn’t take fundamentals seriously. Would you?
I thought you loaded the plane like you do for car camping… just throw it all out on the ground near the vehicle, then start stuffing big things in first, and finally cramming the little/forgotten/last minute/’hey we’ve still got room for this!’ bits in any airspace remaining.
I thought it was something like that too but pilots don’t like it when the center of gravity is all out of whack. The pilots complain about something they call “stalling” and how its a bad thing.