EVERYTHING you are being warned about is true here. Read the “future AME discouraged” thread. I personally know some of the clowns that were sticking up for the industry that posted in there ten years or so ago.RLK wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:47 pmMocking is not my intention, I apologize if it has come off that way.Pat Richard wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:30 pmSo I have to ask what are you doing here mocking experienced peoples comments when you have eff all experience/not employed in the industry being discussed???RLK wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:13 pm
I have also had aircraft apprentices that didn't stay in automotives.
I understand there is a lot of liability in repairing an aircraft, but there is liability in repairing anything that moves people. What are these similarly liable jobs? I'm actually curious.
I have to ask, why are you still here? Why are still doing this career? We live in a time that has glorified the white collar, people that can repair and work in harsh conditions have the ability to gain employment in many different industries with ease. If fixing flying objects is so bad, why have you done it for decades? Why are you not working on the patch rolling cabbage as a HD tech?
I get that you've apparently wrenched on european luxury cars and kia's, but quite bluntly, you have zero business telling any experienced AME anything about this business.
Go serve your time after next year for three or so years doing 12 hour rotating graveyard shifts, over weekends/holidays, quite possibly outside out of the back of a truck/van,earning around $20 a/hr and maybe $30 when licensed initially .
Then come back and tell the 10,15,20,25+ years guys what they should be thinking and how wrong they all were/are.
Almost all of the same things that are being complained about in aircraft repair, are also complained about in automotives. All of the warnings that I received 20 years ago about fixing cars, most turned out to not be true. Im not trying to discredit anyone's experience, just trying to see what I'm up against.
Most are out of aviation and one is in the states. One actually sent me an email to apologize for snarling at me about the facts several years ago. In short he said I was right and he should have listened (but he was an air cadet, who knows what they did to him there lol).
I’m not telling you not to go into the industry, I’m telling you what to expect (or areas to avoid if possible) and giving some alternatives to Canadian aviation.