Hi guys,
What about the repair stations that use farmers and convicts to do maintenance on aircraft? I'm very familiar with an airline that out-sources their heavy mx. At one location, they use felons from the local prison to do some of the work. How can us AMT's compete with this cheap labor source?
If the flying public found out about what goes on in those places, i.e. minimum acceptable standards, crappy work and items being overlooked because of the cost factor, we would be in a world of hurt.
Have you ever seen safety wire used as a wire-tie on a bundle? I've had the horror to see that with my own eyes...
Untill the goverments force certified repair stations to use ONLY licensed technicians, I'm afraid we'll continue to see the effects of shade-tree mechanics
And we wonder why our wages are low???
For the life of me I don't understand why airlines offer contacts to repair stations who submit the "lowest bid". Bean counters are so short-sighted that they only see the direct costs vs. delays and us guys having to nearly re-do the heavy check on re-delivery to the airline because of the s%#%@ the scumbag outfits put out.
When I worked at a major, we spent many many hours working the heavy checks and when they delivered, they were producing revenue on a consistant basis from the moment they took off on the first scheduled trip. Ok, on occasion we would have a glitch here and there, but nothing on the scale I have seen from third party operations
Anyone at the majors wanna help a poor sod out with some job info?
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