Whats the average per hr with 5yr hvy ex

[dumpduck1]

What can a guy expect per hour wth 5 years heavy line and c-check experience.I make pretty good dough fixing tractor and trailors but was thinking of getting back into it.Thanks!

 

[avbug]

What can a guy expect doing what?

Are you talking about working for a small FBO fixing Cessna's, working in a repair station on high dollar Gulfstreams, going to year 1 pay at a carrier somewhere, or what?

What you're working on, and where you do it mean there's enough disparity that you'll have to be a bit more specific.

You're probably going to take a paycut from working on trucks.

If you're working in a FBO or other situation in which you have do the paperwork and research, you'll find your workload will also go up considerably, as will your liability, too.

 

[Gatorman]

Like AvBug said, it all depends on what kind of maintenance you are going to be doing AND location. If you are in one of the big cities, you might find some decend aviation work equal to what you are prolly making now. Lord knows that there is a need for qualified mechanics out there.

If you are making anywhere around $25 an hour with benefits.... keep the job you have. You'd be better off in the long run. You will not find too many jobs in aviation with a company that will start you off at $25 with only 5 years experiance.

Good luck

 

[avbug]

Used to be you could make a good go of it with a panel truck and do mobile service, from inspections to oil changes at someone's hangar or even on the line. Charge above what you'd be getting working in someone else's shop. Today it's a tough sell trying to get authorization to worth through the fence, especially with security.

Shops are getting good wages, but don't count on five years of airline experience to impress an employer. It's a good start, but your efforts in a repair station or FBO will probably be considerably more diverse in scope, and involve more paperwork.

The liability working on heavy equipment is very small compared to signing your name to an oil change on an aircraft engine, or rigging ailerons, or performing an AD. As you know, where you do work on a tractor trailer, you're responsible for what you do, but in the airplane, you're responsible for what everyone has done who came before you, too. It can come back to haunt you. Even if you had a slight wage increase in aviation (which you almost certainly won't), would it justify the risk?

Not to say you shouldn't, but there's a wide range of opportunity available, what what it's worth to you really depends on your own values, and the specific job you choose. There's plenty of work to be found as an A&P/AMT, but what you'll get paid, what you'll do, where you'll do it, what you'll do it on, and whether it's worth it has so many variables that it's hard to answer your question unless you spell out some specifics.