I also have a question:
"Why do some mechanics, particularly older senior ones, think the sun shines out thier (sic) ass when talking to pilots on the flight interphone."
Mr.
warty, since your head-up-@rse attitude clearly indicates you are clueless, I will inform you:
Many pilots (myself included) worked their rings off in some sh!tty jobs saving the ca$h to get where they are then followed it up flying in some sh!tty GA jobs too, to work up the hours for the so-called "silver-spoon" lifestyle you ranted about.
You obviously were smoking some pretty good sh!t when you typed out that utter tripe.
You sound like the muttering, festering type who resents anyone whose hands aren't dirty or because they finished high school and/or went to uni but you didn't - "fancy candy-ass College boy......!"
I probably know more about how an aircraft system works than they do
HAHAHA!!! I would hope so,
warty, since you claim to be a mechanic, otherwise you should study for your exams a lot harder than you have so far!!!
You are not the only surly grease monkey in the aviation world. There are others who barge into the cockpit as if expecting a fight, don't bother saying "hello" or even mention just what it is they are tinkering with or whether it might take a while.
Snobbery, it is. They do not deign to speak with a soft-handed, white-collar daddy's boy pilot.
They are twits and will usually know full-well they are and cringe accordingly when you turn up later for a beer, having been invited by another engineer, who IS a good bloke, and knows how to get the respect from pilots without even trying.
Others can be dis-arming with merely a word: "G'day."
Incidentally, this is done by being a DECENT BLOKE and may earn you respect in return.
I wonder if you're the @rsehole who used to SLAM the tech-log box against the side of the aircraft when we pulled up.