To: 3 ROMEO MIKE
This will probably generate a lot of laughs, guffaws and a lot of who is he trying to fool and a few I knew its'.
First of all I do not have an engineering degree. I majored in Industrial Design at North West Michigan College when I was in the military and upon discharge transferred to Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). I was married and had two kids and it was difficult to make ends meet on the GI Bill even with a part time job with the college. After a while I knew I had to go to work and luckily, Sikorsky was interviewing for design engineers. I talked to the HR rep from Silkorsky and told him of my military background and within one hour I had a job offer to attend a fourteen-month training program for field service engineers. That was my first “engineering job”.
Since that time I have worked for Philco Corporation, Lockheed, Douglas, General Dynamics, Boeing, Hughes Helicopters, Bell Helicopters, TRW, Agusta and the European Space Consortia (ESTEC). I have been a private consultant on Commercial transports, Regional Jets and Air cargo systems. I also managed a training program for the US Army on helicopters. I even worked for Eli Lilly doing analysis on capital equipment. During that time (1955 to the present) I have had an engineering classification with titles like Member of Technical Staff (TRW). Senior Member of the Technical Staff (Systems Evaluation). Engineering Scientist Specialist (Douglas). And I have had several engineering management positions but I never tried to pass myself off as a design engineer and to top all of this off I never graduated from college nor did I ever officially graduate from high school. I got a GED in service. During that time my salary ranged from $368.00 per month to $127,000 a year plus expenses. I think that’s pretty damned good for a fat kid from Cleveland.
I also have teaching credentials in four subject areas from the State of California and I have an FAA A&P ticket.
