A&P wanted

[skydivinguy]

I don't smoke, just in case you are compiling statistics for a survey. And by the way, there is an excellent article in the Jan/Feb AMT magazine about how the charges for shop labor/hour and what the mech is paid/hour. If you have access to the mag. give it a read.

As for working on the side for $25/hr. I'd be interested since it's a bit more than I currently make, and it's all unclaimed. And as for being scared to sign off work performed...Any mech who doubts thier own work as far as not wanting to sign for it, they don't belong in the business. Just my .02

Well said.

I've worked on side projects many times over the years. I'm not scared to signoff that work either, because it's done right.

25 bucks an hour cash is fair in spite of what the bug says.

 

[TrafficInSight]

I of course over exaggerated to make my point, but I would say this is the rule, not the exception.

Over exaggerated.... that means lied right?


And I don't smoke either... and anyone who can't figure out how a fiche reader works shouldn't be allowed near an airplane.

 

[avbug]

Plus, have not met too many mechs that don't smoke.

Now you've met one more, though I gotta admit, I feel a little dirtier for having met you.

I of course over exaggerated to make my point, but I would say this is the rule, not the exception.

Of course you have...only the truly dense could read your posts and not clearly see you overexaggerate, and yes...that's called lying. And you're right, it's the rule for you, seeker of loopholes to exploit, rather than the exception.

You talk an awful lot like George Bush. Are you sure you ain't him?

 

[USMCmech]

Good luck at finding an A&P with the experience you want for $25 an hr.

$25 per hour, where do I sign up?

At the pt 145 MRO I work at, lead QA inspectors don't make that much.

 

[RafaelThielmann]

As almost everyone here knows, i used to work with car-restoration, an one thing you MUST know before even think about "restore" a car, is that to get the job done right you will probably pay 2 to 3 times the "non-expensive" price to get the quality job you`re looking for... So.. if you`re going to "restore" an airplane, no matter if it`s a Experimental or a B-52, and if you are planning on FLYING with it, don`t ask how much or don`t say how much you want to pay, search the professional who does what you want for a living (so that he knows all the crap that comes with the job) and get your plane flying again. NO MATTER IF YOU END UP PAYING 3 TIMES WHAT YOU EXPECTED. In cars we ask: "you don`t want to think about every bolt that was supposed to be tightened at 200 MPH do you?". You don`t what to have a loose bolt just before landing do you?
Making the long story short, if you plan to fly it, doesn`t your life worths more than $25,00 USD an hour?

 

[erj-145mech]

One things for sure, one mech isn't going to restore that plane. He can't be inside the fuselage bucking the rivets that he's shooting on the outside.

Let an A&P school use the plane and restore it for nothing if the mechanics that you hired aren't worth their weight in anything. Why did you keep them on them---so them the curb if you're the boss and you're not happy. Thats got to be one piss poor boss not to control his people.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Back in 1995-1999 it was nearly impossible to find mechanics. There are too many airline jobs in this area. They were taking guys straight out of A&P school. We took what we could get, unfortunately. Even still, I fired more than one of them. Also, it is still hard to find mechanics, let alone a good one. Maybe it is just this area.

 

[avbug]

Yes...you live in a mechanic black hole.

Just sucks them in. They disappear.

What with paying them for an eight hour day when they only need work three, and spend the rest of the day in the restroom, smoking, and talking on the phone...you'd think they'd be lining up around the block. Fighting for the chance. Salivating at the very thought.

During the time period you mentioned, I spent time working in a repair station...we had absolutely no difficulty getting mechanics. Must just be your area. Or you. You pick.

Oh, that's right...you already did.

Is it the area that leads a mechanic to choose an airline instead of you...or something else. Electricity flows via the path of least resistance. Water flows downhill. And labor gravitates to the best opportunity. Go figure.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Keep entertaining me...just limit it to the other thread (you know where). At least things that really matter can stay at the top of the "Aviation Mechanics" board. See ya over there, poser.

 

[avbug]

Best get while you can...and leave this forum to folks with experience who aren't "wannabe"'s.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Not a mech, never claimed to be, only employ a few and many others in the past. Only objected to your instigating n2425y, like you do everyone else that does not share your views. Perhaps instead of popping off about such things in a negative way, maybe just pass on the topic or try to encourage the guy. Something like, "$25 an hour might be a little cheap, you might find someone for X amount of dollars." But that is not you, now is it? Besides, others have already said that they would be willing to work for that amount. Obviously you are wrong once again.

You just can't stop....personality flaw among many. Try the other board would ya? I need the entertainment.

 

[avbug]

Gee...I don't know what I was thinking. Why didn't I just contact you first, so you could put words in my mouth?

No, wait. You already do that.

A lot.

Keep digging.

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

Don't lose your fight this early...Other board, other board.

 

[avbug]

As you wish...

 

[FlyingFisherman]

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