Apologies to tallbloke on some of the abuse you've received.....(i read your previous thread some time back),but ,the guys/girls generally are justifed in thier views that aircraft maint. management SHOULD have a practical aviation technical background of some considerable duration.They should have 'been there ,done that,got the tee-shirt'to get a total appreciation of how strange an industry this really is,and of how much pressure the various departments work under for the majority of the time.....it starts with a proper apprenticeship,of which gives you an idea of all sectors of aviation maintenance PRACTICAL and theorywise,followed by time 'on-the-tools' for many a long day/night,in sun,rain,snow and topped off with heaps of fatigue,abuse,low morale and health problems!.....THEN you get the treat of sitting/sweating/crapping yourself through license exams to finally certify the work you or some other sucker has carried out....this finally shows financial benefits to you 'n' yours some way down the long road you've ploughed!
Most people follow this career path because they have an affinity with the industry,or they were planespotters(god forbid) or they naturally skilled in the art of ripping the guts out of multi-million dollar aircraft and then putting it back together in some semblance of the original order!
Tallbloke...they moan about it,but they must enjoy it somewhere down the line.....i know i do ..(since i moved companies)..BUT can you appreciate the feelings of some of these poor buggers? If some post-grad hot-shot walks into management giving them the "hey guys i've got a really good idea on how you can do your job better!" spiel ,...a size ten toe-tecktor boot will surely be the retort .........
on the flip-side of this though,i've seen many 'from-the-hangar-floor' type managers ,who don't know thier **** from thier elbow....but then again crap CAN float to the top of the bog ,eh?
Good-luck tallbloke,you must be an enthusiast somewhere along the line,and i hope you research it well,...but don't be suprised if one day some oily rag of a bloke you re-rostered for the umpteenth time that month,gives you 'an engineers kiss' and the subtle but effective arguement"you haven't a f#*!@%& clue you p'&*$!
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