Good points Dodo but you can't beat the hands-on/blistering heat/perishing cold/muck-up-to-the-ears/yelling pilots/satisfaction of curing a defect/raiding the galley/chatting up the girls/days/nights/ghosters/wire-locking through the finger/oil-diluted blood/blood-diluted oil/Skydrol-on-your-knackers/Skydrol-in-your-eyes/buzz down the arm 'cos you've forgotten to pull the CB/who's nicked my Snap-On screwdriver experience of working on aircraft because it is fantastic grounding for Quality and/or Continued Airworthiness work.
Last edited by Bus429; 3rd November 2009 at 17:39.