Shortage of Mechs?
Let's see-pilot walks away at the end of flight and tells you how much resposibility he has. We work on an aircraft system and have responsibility for that work until inspected or worked on again, and that could easily be over a year. We get approx 1/8 of the pay (considering
$per/hour, and time worked per year). Then we put up with the shifts,
the lack of facilities in all kinds of weather, incompetent supervision, and
companies that can't make a profit because costs are too high, so they send the jobs overseas (incompetent management). If the average person can't pay their bills- who do they expect to travel by air??? Besides -the average starting mechanic doesn't make enough to buy the tools they need!!
And now you wonder why their aren't enough skilled people?
It's no longer a career- it's just another job!!