Originally Posted by
garn
i guess it depends which has the better promotion prospects
Promotion? Promotion to where or what exactly?
The Westlands job will involve building helicopters in Yeovil. There's only a finite number of other companies who also build helicopters - ie Bell, Sikorsky, Eurocopter, Agusta etc etc.
However, a licensed (maintenance) engineer has got the prospects of working virtually anywhere where helicopters are based.
If you would favour the latter, then have a look at Bond Offshore Helis. I've read somewhere that they are currently running an apprentice scheme for maintenance engineers.