How hard is it to learn? Is there any way to get into it faster than by going back to school for two years?How are work-life balance and benefits?How's job security?I just want something that doesn't involve sitting in front of a screen and dealing with bitchy women.And a 4 on 3 off 3 on 4 off work schedule sounds good to me.
>>2027091working much harder than a nigger pilot on double the money. It's not just humiliating, it's directly holding together a system that hates you
>>2027091My father and grandfather did aircraft assembly (and one of them also did on-site, international maintenance support for a few years before I was born).The big thing we had to live with growing up was that the industry was cyclical on about a 12-year cycle. Father had two LOOOONG layoffs growing up, before he got enough seniority to ignore the market fluctuations. Now, maybe that was specific to manufacturing, but even in maintenance you'd have to deal with a sudden spike in experienced and desperate technicians looking for work.They also both stole a bunch of materials, lol. We had so much homemade shit hacked out from aluminium. But I think the golden days of that are gone with modern inventory management. Towards the end my father was more likely to bring home obsolete computer parts than scrap.
if you want a comfy A&P job fixing people’s planes you can do pretty well. The shortage in this realm is going to be critical soon (it already it is really).Working nights for the airlines sounds fucking miserable
Thanks to everyone so far.>>2027295That's honestly what got me interested. Someone mentioned an upcoming shortage of people in this field. I live near two small regional airports and a couple of aircraft / parts manufacturers. Could easily relocate to Pittsburgh, too, if I wanted to work for a major airline.
My brother works for DHC. He absolutely loves it; says that it's for the most part the best job he's had. So there you go.
