Hi AC. I have just started myself in the Civillian Aviation industry and from what I have seen and been told, it depends on who you are working for. You might end up working for an airline that gives everything to it's engineers, while others would be the Aviation version of Scrooge. As the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side. I finished in the military and the civillian aviation industry is way better to that of Military aviation but thats from my perspective. There are folks I know who have worked all thier lives in civilian avaition. Some have had fantastic careers while others have not. You are always going to find people moaning about something, with doom and gloom etc, but hey, that's life. I don't think there are any major problems in the Airline industry but you never can tell whats around the corner.
