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<blockquote data-quote="josmoloco" data-source="post: 42193" data-attributes="member: 462"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">Transportation</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">A&P (air frame+powerplant) mechanic</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">This interview was answered by my friend Dan, a B-Certified A&P mechanic</span></p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">In this interview, he described what he does in his job. He said part of the job requires heavy maintenance on commercial airplanes and tearing them down to every bolt for inspection, then replacing all parts necessary and reassembling on a daily basis. Usually you start by removing </span><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">all components like actuators, flaps, ailerons, elevators, pumps, and sensors. By this time it's torn down to a skeleton of a plane. Then you inspect for corrosion and damage, and reassemble for a test flight.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">This job requires that you usually have a HS diploma/GED and eighteen months of trade school. The trade schools are required to get you your license and to get you into the field. Any other options are going to take ten or more years to complete because you need a lot of training before you can get certified. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">Safety equipments include ear plugs, and eye protection. Sometimes you need full respirator and tekvek suit to enter the fuel tank for repairs. When he says entry, he means it. This is when a team or people go into the fuel tank to scrap sealant or to repair the sheet metal.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">A beginner needs all of his/her own tools and will be paid double minimum wage which is required by federal law. Once you have a few years of experience you earn $20-$25 an hour. Dan has been there five years and makes $27 per hour. The maximum salary is $50 an hour with a large airline company, but this requires a lot of experience with large airline companies for many years. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">Full benefits include,insurance for eye, medical, dental from Aflac with other add-ons. A 401K and life insurance are also included.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">One thing Dan recommends that anyone trying to start a family or have a stable life and career shouldn’t get into this field. It takes drastic ups and downs and you can have either overwhelming work or no work at all at a time. He recommends finding a stable company to go with. Another option concerning pay is collection partial unemployment when there is no work for a longer period of time. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3e3e3e"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria'">To finish this, he told me that the best part of the job is watching your first plane take off right after you disassemble, inspect then reassemble it yourself. It is a feeling like no other, FLIGHT!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="josmoloco, post: 42193, member: 462"] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Cambria]Transportation[/FONT] [FONT=Cambria]A&P (air frame+powerplant) mechanic[/FONT] [FONT=Cambria]This interview was answered by my friend Dan, a B-Certified A&P mechanic[/FONT][/CENTER] [/CENTER] [FONT=Cambria]In this interview, he described what he does in his job. He said part of the job requires heavy maintenance on commercial airplanes and tearing them down to every bolt for inspection, then replacing all parts necessary and reassembling on a daily basis. Usually you start by removing [/FONT][COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]all components like actuators, flaps, ailerons, elevators, pumps, and sensors. By this time it's torn down to a skeleton of a plane. Then you inspect for corrosion and damage, and reassemble for a test flight.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]This job requires that you usually have a HS diploma/GED and eighteen months of trade school. The trade schools are required to get you your license and to get you into the field. Any other options are going to take ten or more years to complete because you need a lot of training before you can get certified. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]Safety equipments include ear plugs, and eye protection. Sometimes you need full respirator and tekvek suit to enter the fuel tank for repairs. When he says entry, he means it. This is when a team or people go into the fuel tank to scrap sealant or to repair the sheet metal.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]A beginner needs all of his/her own tools and will be paid double minimum wage which is required by federal law. Once you have a few years of experience you earn $20-$25 an hour. Dan has been there five years and makes $27 per hour. The maximum salary is $50 an hour with a large airline company, but this requires a lot of experience with large airline companies for many years. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]Full benefits include,insurance for eye, medical, dental from Aflac with other add-ons. A 401K and life insurance are also included.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]One thing Dan recommends that anyone trying to start a family or have a stable life and career shouldn’t get into this field. It takes drastic ups and downs and you can have either overwhelming work or no work at all at a time. He recommends finding a stable company to go with. Another option concerning pay is collection partial unemployment when there is no work for a longer period of time. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#3e3e3e][FONT=Cambria]To finish this, he told me that the best part of the job is watching your first plane take off right after you disassemble, inspect then reassemble it yourself. It is a feeling like no other, FLIGHT![/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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