AME POSITION AVAILABLE

[AvRecruiter]

Hi my name is Krista O'Neill and I am a recruiter for Aerotek, we are currently seeking an AME with an E-rating or a M2 certification. Please contact me if you know of anyone that might be interested in this position. koneill@aerotek.com/403-516-3626.
Look forward to hearing from you!

[bombardierfixer]

Is this to do the inflight entertainment on the westjet birds?

[lupin]

Hello Krista,

Just some quick pointers....

There's jobs posted on many sites, including this one. If you wish to get replies from qualified personnel, you might want to consider giving out more information on the work conditions, location, aircraft type etc. There is a good market for AMEs right now, we don't particularly need to go off running to the first person who seeks an AME. We might be persuaded to try employment at a certain company but certainly not at all cost. You are the one seeking AMEs, why would you expect qualified personnel to do all the footwork....?

Éric

[Firebird]

I remember, a long time ago, a friend took a job looking after the phones on aircraft in YYC. All night and boring. Needless to say, he got out as soon as he found work else ware.

[bombardierfixer]

If it is the TV one, they called me twice, the second time I was border-line rude. It was 25.00hr straight nights 5 days a weeks. I explained that it was probably one of the worst deals I had ever heard of, but buddy thought it was a great job. The kicker was it was 28.00hr but they cut the wage and put in a three percent bonus instead. I told him I would do it for a 737 endorsement to which he replied "well whats that?". Thats when I hung up.

Hey recruiter person, Aerotek's reputation is falling around the contractors world, you're gonna have a hard time filling the position unless they have really scewed the money. Every offer I have recieved from Aerotek has been very unapealing. This isn't meant as a attack on you or Aerotek I'm just letting you know about my experiances.

[Pat Richard]

. I explained that it was probably one of the worst deals I had ever heard of, but buddy thought it was a great job.

That goes for everything I've ever had offered from Aerotek in the last 3 years, including the mentioned tv repairman position(twice).
What I remember was, after saying the wage sucked, he comes back with " What if I told you it was for Westjet?". Like that makes the 25 a/hr suddenly more appealing, and he was serious. I guess he thought I'd start foaming at the mouth...

I have to disagree with bombardierfixer though, I've always taken them as a joke, not just recently. Their offers have been, and continue to be, pathetic.

Nothing personal, pass it on upstairs

[AvRecruiter]

Afternoon Everyone,

I appreciate your comments and concerns. It seems that most of you have not had a positive experience with Aerotek Staffing Services and that is unfortunate. Krista began this thread in hopes to possibly introduce herself to some individuals in your industry in hopes of finding someone for her positions but it was not meant to insult any of you. Yes one of our clients is looking for a passenger in-flight technician but we as an agency do not control our clients pay rates or hours. If you are overqualified for our AME tech role, that is completely understandable but perhaps you are senior enough to talk about a supervisory role or you know a junior AME who would be interested. That is all Krista is looking for because as recruiters we are brought in to fill positions across multiple industries which we as recruiters do not claim to have expertise in and it is still our job to try and find that person.

If you have any further questions or comments please feel free to contact me directly as Krista and I are both working on the AME positions

Regards,

Jeff Boyle
403-516-3671
jboyle@aerotek.com

[bombardierfixer]

I would like to commend Krista for using a good resource to look for potential AME candidates, and I would encourage Aerotek to use this website more often. Maybe when talking to your customers you could use this site as a bell weather to gauge if the customers expectations are realistic or not. Unfortunatly ( or fortunatly for us) the labour pool in the AME ranks is getting smaller and harder to recruit from. You can definatly see whats going on just by checking some of the various posts just to see what it would take to encourage people to fill your customers vacant positions. Again good on Krista.

Sorry but AME's can be a sarcastic bunch.

[Pat Richard]

Personally, I was perfectly aware of what she was looking for, but my comments were not to her directly, but to the company in general. She just opened the door that had "Aerotek" on it.

But instead of commenting on the past, I'd to take this opportunity to offer you a suggestion. If Aerotek were to offer parity in their offer's, in comparison to CAS, Saxon, etc I could almost garrantee you no problems finding qualified personnel. I know many AME's who are looking for a viable optionto the existing (in particular one)agencies, for common reasons.
Current contract rates/packages have been posted here, but generally we get billed out at $45 a/hr - we get around $35, 50-60 a day perdium, accomadation provided, transport provided, etc.
That rate has been around for several years, and honestly needs revising, but like I said, parity would be a good start for Aerotek, where in at least my experiences, they have'nt even been close. So here's an opportunity.
One more thing, check and verify references/experience, and don't pay experienced/endorsed/ACA'd AME's the same as green/useless/substance abusing engineers or apprentices.
It pisses off the experienced/competent guys to no end, and the bitterness generally transcends to the floor. Not very smart.

As for AME's being sarcastic, well, most of us did'nt come into this field being like that.
I did, but aviation just made it worse.

[gulfstreamengineer]

Sorry but AME's can be a sarcastic bunch.

Mainly from being given the short of the stick all the time, being treated as second (or third) class employees and being sh*t on. Can't understand why though

[lupin]

Sorry but AME's can be a sarcastic bunch.

Mainly from being given the short of the stick all the time, being treated as second (or third) class employees and being sh*t on. Can't understand why though

Mostly because we let it happen. We are a very divided bunch of individualist,so coherent action or unified action in the goal of promoting our trade is almost nonexistent. We also do not support and take an active role in the various AME associations throughout Canada.

Reap what you sow....

Éric

Sorry for taking this off topic.... back to the AME position available

[IRAcontractor]

Personally, I was perfectly aware of what she was looking for, but my comments were not to her directly, but to the company in general. She just opened the door that had "Aerotek" on it.

But instead of commenting on the past, I'd to take this opportunity to offer you a suggestion. If Aerotek were to offer parity in their offer's, in comparison to CAS, Saxon, etc I could almost garrantee you no problems finding qualified personnel. I know many AME's who are looking for a viable optionto the existing (in particular one)agencies, for common reasons.
Current contract rates/packages have been posted here, but generally we get billed out at $45 a/hr - we get around $35, 50-60 a day perdium, accomadation provided, transport provided, etc.
That rate has been around for several years, and honestly needs revising, but like I said, parity would be a good start for Aerotek, where in at least my experiences, they have'nt even been close. So here's an opportunity.
One more thing, check and verify references/experience, and don't pay experienced/endorsed/ACA'd AME's the same as green/useless/substance abusing engineers or apprentices.
It pisses off the experienced/competent guys to no end, and the bitterness generally transcends to the floor. Not very smart.

As for AME's being sarcastic, well, most of us did'nt come into this field being like that.
I did, but aviation just made it worse.

MAN...you hit the nail right on the head! I have been at $35 for to long. The hr. rate needs to change...I am sick of being offered and turning down less!
Apprentices being paid the same as me is beginning to really piss me off as are the usless drunks!

[CanadianLimey]

Personally, I was perfectly aware of what she was looking for, but my comments were not to her directly, but to the company in general. She just opened the door that had "Aerotek" on it.

But instead of commenting on the past, I'd to take this opportunity to offer you a suggestion. If Aerotek were to offer parity in their offer's, in comparison to CAS, Saxon, etc I could almost garrantee you no problems finding qualified personnel. I know many AME's who are looking for a viable optionto the existing (in particular one)agencies, for common reasons.
Current contract rates/packages have been posted here, but generally we get billed out at $45 a/hr - we get around $35, 50-60 a day perdium, accomadation provided, transport provided, etc.
That rate has been around for several years, and honestly needs revising, but like I said, parity would be a good start for Aerotek, where in at least my experiences, they have'nt even been close. So here's an opportunity.
One more thing, check and verify references/experience, and don't pay experienced/endorsed/ACA'd AME's the same as green/useless/substance abusing engineers or apprentices.
It pisses off the experienced/competent guys to no end, and the bitterness generally transcends to the floor. Not very smart.

As for AME's being sarcastic, well, most of us did'nt come into this field being like that.
I did, but aviation just made it worse.

MAN...you hit the nail right on the head! I have been at $35 for to long. The hr. rate needs to change...I am sick of being offered and turning down less!
Apprentices being paid the same as me is beginning to really piss me off as are the usless drunks!

I agree, I haven't been contracting for long, but I have come to realisation that these companies are getting us cheaper then their regular employees even with the agency tack ons. Considering we have to go out to a place not knowing how the company works and sometimes not even knowing that particular airplane very well, and making sure we do a good job so we can get the next contract, we don't get compensated well for our experience that we bring to these companies.