Expo Day 1 | Our first day experience at the HAI HELI-Expo

We’ve finally made it to our first in-person expo! The HAI HELI-Expo is the world’s largest helicopter and vertical flight tradeshow. The expo provides over 600 exhibits and 125 educational courses and sessions, perfect for those who’d like to expand their knowledge in aviation and maintain continuing education for certification purposes. In this episode, we recollect our experience and takeaways from some of the courses in Day 1 of the expo!

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We love getting feedback from our listeners and everyone who follows us in our social media outlets. We’ve put out a few questions, and the responses have been amazing! Thank you all once again for sharing your answers, whether they be anonymous or specific. For today, it is going to be a bonus-style episode of sorts where we “ask the audience”, read off some of their responses and give some of our two cents about it.

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We’ve been afforded many opportunities to review resumes, awards and scholarship applications, performance write ups, and things of the like. Some of them have been very commendable, others have been more of the cookie cutter variety, and others have been what may be called “velvet daggers”. For today’s episode, we explore how to create an amazing write up for resumes, applications, awards, and scholarships to not only showcase your skills, but also to stand out as a candidate.

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Whether you’re an aspiring aircraft mechanic or a seasoned one, finding AMT/AME jobs can be a daunting task. Finding the right outfit for you, the right pay, the right location, the right circumstances can be a mixed bag of checks and balances. On top of that, what do you do when reality hits you enough times to make you question your passion and desire for the industry? What do you do when your passion and desire run out? For today’s episode, we’re joined once again with Faith from How to Helicopter and we tackle some of these issues to not only give you tools to help find the right job, but also understanding the growth-comfort zones, and refueling your passion for aviation.

To find out more about Faith, How to Helicopter, and her nonprofit ventures, visit:
Instagram/Tik Tok - @howtohelicopter

For AMT job postings, visit:
www.jsfirm.com -or- www.amtjobopenings.com

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Knowledge, skills, and abilities every aircraft mechanic is required to know can vary from one aircraft, region, or civil air authority. However, there are some core skills and knowledge that are common across the board. For this episode, we share some listener feedback of those common skills, some unique ones, and lend some of our advice on how they can be attained, honed, and applied.

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We’ve all experienced the cycle of taking time off for the holidays and/or an extended vacation. Ever notice when said time off is over, everything just feels like a massive blah? You find it hard to focus, recall simple steps, and just generally don’t feel happy about being back at work. What you’re experiencing is the post-holiday slump. This is sometimes countered with some type of “back in the saddle” briefing where employers will “ease” you back into the work mindset, which can sometimes feel more forced than genuine. On this episode, we discuss some ways to help shake off the post-holiday slump and help make work suck less!

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We have talked about some hobbies we have picked up over the course of 2023 in previous episodes, from exploring more fantasy lore, model painting, wood working, and tabletop games. These hobbies have given us an outlet to de-stress and exercise some creative problem solving. We’ve realized that hobbies can help reignite some skills that may have fallen to the wayside since our mechanic school days. For this episode, we explore some fading AMT skills and how creativity outlets can translate to masterful craftsmanship in and out of the workplace.

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Digital devices and media are fast becoming a part of our everyday lives. Some aspects of it have already been fully implemented into aircraft maintenance. Enter electronic logbooks and online maintenance servers! These tools offer easy-to-use systems that promise more efficient and effective maintenance operations. On this episode, we discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of these systems and the future these systems hold for aviation.
 
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We’re joined with three guests and fellow aviation content creators for another Creators’ roundtable, with Stig Aviation, Airplane Facts with Max, and Brent of Total Aviation! On this episode, we explore handling creative challenges, shouting into the void, differences from one civil flight authority to the next, and share our hopes of a united aircraft maintenance community.

To see more of our guests' content, you can follow them at these handles:

Stig Aviation: @stigaviation - Instagram, YouTube, TikTok
Airplanes Facts with Max: @airplanefactswithmax - Instagram & TikTok
Total Aviation: @totalaviation - Instagram

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Have you ever been given a task, but a good amount of it was spent waiting for all of your resources to get rounded up? If there’s one thing, we as mechanics are forever pressed for, it’s time. Time dictates almost every facet of our job, from aircraft ready times, departure-arrival time, maintenance completion time, and so forth. Efficiency is the name of the game, and on this episode, we discuss ways to help you run as efficiently as possible at every level from toolbox setups to hangar best practices.
 
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