What, where, when and how long?

[Le Pen]

Hello Chaps,

I did this a couple of years ago and thought it might be worth doing again...

You know, just sort of introducing ourselves.

I'll start.....


38 years old
23 years (one company!!!!)
A&C
Line - overseas
Big Airways.

There, that wasnt so bad!!!


LP

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[jetfueldrinker]

:)

47 years of which 28 in aviation maintenance

In the shed

A & C Tech

@ The White Hatters Thechnical Emporium LTN

on nights this week and need some extra sleep
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[CONES R US]

34.
avionic contract engineer.
currently working for an Air France franchise in Dublin

rains a lot here, but the Guinness is good!



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Gimme a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut......TO GO!

[red 5]

40 years young
22 years in the industry.
A & C Technician
White hatters Luton.

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[the_toolman]

30 years.

A/C Engineer (helicopters) working for one of the two remaining large helo operators in Uk. Nuf said!

[Pengineer]

Cones, say hi to 'Yak' for me.

[airsafetyreport]

11yrs in engineering
28yrs old
major UK airline
desk job!!!!!

[Pengineer]

Age: 37
Years in industry: 21
Avionics LAE (Shed)
Location: Med
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[diwai]

32
13years in the trade
A&C TECH both the and o/s
stuck in the shed at LTN

[maxrevs]

Age - 59 (young)
40 yrs in the biz.
AME in the Great White North
Worked for "Dan" (the man) at Lasham in the early days.
Got lots of bruises and "Band Aids" on my back, but still would not change it for the world!
They'll have to pry these rusty wrenches out of my dead hands!
Keep at it lads!
Max

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When I push the panic button, the breaker pops!

[Golden Rivet]

Golden Rivet
Age: 30
12 years in Aviation
A&C Line Eng
Location: The Grim North
AKA: Cocksure !


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Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread

[Bus429]

40
Tried a bit of everything
24 years in industry working on a variety of types, old and new, line and base.
Currently in SE Asia and deskbound.


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Bus429 - the pilot's pal!

[prunehead]

29 years old

10 years in the industry

Avionics LAME (AUS)

Work line for a small airline that has been conjoined to a big airline :)

It's been a long hard trip and now I am where I wanted to be I am wondering why I wanted to be here!!

Wish i could work four off, four off !!

[wryly smiling]

30
Fixing aircraft for 13 years
A&C Engineer
big posh building in s.wales

[time-ex]

Great Idea - Even though I had to change my username a while ago.
I'm 49 I'm A+C with Avionic Extension on
747 100 to 400 series, 757, 777 and L1011
I hold PPL, I fly/maintain Cessna 150.
I work in T4 LHR
I get paid by Big Airlines for my skills.
I think PPRUNE is better than CHIRP.

[Blacksheep]

53 years old
Finished my apprenticeship 35 years ago
Signed my first Block Release on a hangar check 33 years ago.
Desk bound in Borneo these days, but still learning...

Time-ex is right. PPRuNe is much better than CHIRP!

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THrough difficulties to the cinema

[Mice]

48 on the planet
33 in aviation (yeh, started young, didn't know any different then)
A/C/E/I
Vast majority in Airlines, 75% line 25% base
Majority on contract o/s
currently with Mrats in DXB

Cheers

[CONES R US]

Pengineer - Yak has moved on to CDG and is buying a house in Sweden



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Gimme a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut......TO GO!

[Dragonspet]

37 years of age, worked 14 years in the industry as an A&P , achieved my BS in structural engineering 2 years ago.Currently work for Boeing as a Quality Engineer for the last two years.
A&P
I.A.

[Paulf]

29 Years of age
11 years in Industry
A&C licence
Working on Line in the frozen North(Scotland)

[JetFixer]

37yrs old

20yrs in Aviation A&C A&P
4 as an Appo
4 in the shed
4 as a Tech Rep
8 on the Line

MOD, contracting, Big Airways, BAe, contracting again.

Currently Working at a little airline which has just been bought by Big Airways.

Got a pilots licence (BCPL FAA CPL) had enough cold nights on the ramp and would like to swop for a warm cockpit!!

[brame]

• 50 years young
• Been in the biz 35 of them.
• Licenced in 4 categories (Eng,A/F, Inst & Elect
• Been there, done that, stuct in admin in South Aust at the moment.
• Sick of fighting CASA and looking for another adventure anywhere in the world except Aust.

[ragspanner]

Age 40 ,with matching wasteline,
A&C,X Elect & A&P (From Kellogs !),
Currently A300 B4,doing "it" about 22yrs,&
about the same time working on a/c.
I'm a Gemini,into water sports .I like log fires ,romantic walks & women who do it on the first date.(I say that in a sensitive ,loving new man kinda way).

Who loves yah !,NO ONE !!!!!!!!.

[Continuous Ignition]

32 years old
A&P for 10 years
4+ years with my current employer.
DC-10, B727, B737NG tech who is always on the road... Based at MSP but who knows where I am today...

Redtail if your reading this, we're across the ramp from you guys... Congrads on the new contract! We were all rootin' for you guys!

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Don't like it? Don't look at it!



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[Jango]

42 yrs, 24 in the biz, started as a grunt moved into the office, still learn something new everyday.

19yrs as an expat, Brunei, Singapore, Hong Kong, Oman, Qatar, Indonesia now desk bound in Dubai.

Love every minute of it!

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Old age and treachery will always triumph over youth and enthusiasm.

[redtail]

Excuse me if I get a bit coy, but since Continuous Ignition mentioned me by name, I felt it was time to chime in.

Late thirties,
Got my A&P at age 22,
Hired on with Northwest Orient, hoping to be able to work in Asia, after working FBOs and a commuter airline (The first commuter). Worked shops and check hangars before moving to the line. Line Release Authorization on DC-9, MD-80, A320, B-727, B757, B747-100/200/200F/400, DC10-30/40, as well as Run/Taxi.
Working as an R&E (Avionics, Electrical, etc.) at a line hangar cleaning up after others, and freelancing on small airplanes. I love to troubleshoot problems. It may be my only redeeming value. I have met many competent mechanics from around the world, and hope to retire to live with my family in Thailand.

I am missing the old standards and pride the profession used to have. I have worked with many monster mechanics who have since retired, and owe them for instilling good work ethics in me, not always by subtle or socially acceptable methods .

[enginair]

32 years old
15 yrs in aviation
lame for last 11 yrs

small helicopters ,ga and ag aircraft
queensland

[Pengineer]

Maybe if we added fave fetishes it might revive this thread,

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[Crashed & Burned]

OK, you asked for it.....
45 years old, 27 years in the industry
UK Licences: E,I,R,A/P AND A&C!!!!!
Work for "The Worlds Favorite" at LHR.
Star sign Pisces.
Interests: Don't have time for interests on this shift pattern!
Fetish.............wearing women's underwear. Don't deny it you all do!

[bitetest]

39 yrs young..just, 10 as a civi with big airline currently line based overseas, have a&c, with x-on the 25th july,own and fly a few small planes, 12 yrs in hm raf! have 747 all and 767all and md11 all, looking for a job in oz!

[Notsoginger]

48 yo A+C since 1983
Working on a/c since I was 16 (long time ago)
Halton brat. Been around a bit, looking a bit tatty around the edges now, but the furs mostly intact. Can be seen at MAN with BA's newest aquisition. Prone to chucking red hat into pools of water.
Enjoying life at present, which I'm sure management will get round to screwing up soon

Anyone recognise the accent?
Want any wheels?

[jetfueldrinker]

http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif

It is not hub caps that I want but cheap video recorders.

[BACMAN]

Age:42
Engineer for 23 years
FAA A&P
Working the Middle East, looking to go to the Far side

[reboot]

31 Years old, 14.5 years on the planes which is probably about 14 too many.
E&I on 777 & 747-400
I like making trouble and baiting managment
Favouite fetish all of them

Polly on!!!!!!

[H721]

born 33 years ago.
been in the industry 20 years, if including overtime... 13 years by normal reckoning.
a&c - b738, b747/744, b777, a330/340, bae146

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Not much of an engineer

[Arfro Veesquared-Ess]

Age 48 (nearly)
Originally Engine Mfr Appo, into offshore helos 1974 to date (mainly fun at first then spoilt) except for 6yrs exec fw/helo (fun) & 2yrs shorthaul in the shed (boring)
Now into little helos & fw (loadsa fun)
Specialist subject? - collecting type ratings that sink without trace (anyone remember S58T or W30?)Next is piston engines for the set....
Anyone fancy an Esha Ness/Ve Skerries lighthouse reunion? ;)


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Water, please...

[Sharky Boy]

35 yrs of age and 14 yrs in aviation dirty maintenance organisation.

Doing B757 & B767 Line Maintenance in sunny and wet SE Asia.

[airbornespanner2]

50yy, Aus Eng & A/F licence both fix & rotary, A & P, Worked in UK & Asia, 35 yrs in the game, chased helicopters all over Aus, now in airlines

[the_fat_maintroller]

13 Years in industry, 30 years alive, although about 5 of them I can't remeber. Especially the Dom Rep posting for some reason, maybe I was either under the water or on a beach some where.
A+C, 330/340 757/767 744 SSC DC10-30/-40,
Gave up working overseas with 'Le Pen' a year ago and now answer the telephone. Top Job.

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Yeap, yor right Captain, it is broken..I'll get you an engineer

[rover2701]

Age 57
RAF 9 years (Wasted)
BIA Blackpool
Dan-Air Manch
Laker Airways Manch (loved it, best company)
Britannia Airways Manch (hated it, worst company)
Saudia, Jeddah. (Earned lots of dosh)
BAe Hatfield, Woodford 146/RJ field service Rep.(next best job)
LAE X & R
Retired 4 Years ago (early retirement)
Glad to be out of it. No more night or freezing your B******s in the winter. :p

[rightstuff]

Twenty nine years in aviation
Apprenticeship with Hawker Siddely
Six years with Saudia in Jeddah
Twelve years line mx in Man
Currently desk bound with my present job.

[Aerosexual]

Well compaired to you chaps I have a long way to go.
27 years old
Been in the industry for only 7 years
Hold AUS A/F 747-400, A/F EMB120 and Gprs 1 & 6.
Some in the shed, most on line and servicing.
Would like to see and work in some other parts of the world before the job gets to me.

Cheers
:rolleyes:

[wa731]

30years young,15 in the industry.
Currently "airlines"!,but enjoy the
smaller,GA,Corporate side.
Enjoy the work,the friends I've made in
Oz & O/S..looking O/S again! ;)
and to think I once wanted to be a pilot!
:D

[Lu Zuckerman]

71 years old in December

Started in aviation at 19 while in the US Coast Guard. Crew chief on helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Attended University while in the Coast guard and continued after discharge.

First job as a tech rep trainee at Sikorsky. Attended classes on 5 basic helicopter types and helicopter auto pilot and built and tested every major assembly on those five types. Program lasted fourteen months.

Left Sikorsky to manage a training program for US Army mechanics and maintenance officers on Sikorsky helicopters.

Left helicopters for about eight years working on the Redstone Missile, the Atlas ICBM and the Saturn IVB.

Got back into helicopters working as a Reliability/Maintainability engineer on the Cheyenne, the integration of helicopters on the LHA Assault ship, Apache, Agusta 129 and the EH101 and finally the V22. Manager of Technical Assistance Branch at Bell Helicopter International in Iran. Got my A&P while in Iran.

I have my own consulting business and have worked on various programs ranging from R&M on commercial cargo conversions, The CL 604 and Regional Jet, The European Space Station to the reliability analysis of capital equipment in a pharmaceutical manufacturer.

I am presently doing the reliability analyses on the Fairchild Dornier 728 hydraulic system and when I finish that I will work on the A380 Landing gear systems.

Maybe when that is finished I’ll retire.

PS:

Aviation Schooling and Air Vehicle Familiarization and/or Training:
Aircraft Mechanic School - USCG
Engine School - USCG H-13 Helicopter - U.S. Army
HO3-S Helicopter - Sikorsky (maint.) B-206 Helicopter - Bell
HO3-S Helicopter - Sikorsky (overhaul) B-205 Helicopter - Bell
HO4-S Helicopter - Sikorsky B-209 Helicopter - Bell AH-J
HO5-S Helicopter - USCG/Sikorsky B-214 Helicopter - Bell
H-34 Helicopter - Sikorsky AH-64 Helicopter - Hughes
HSS Helicopter - Sikorsky -PT6 Twin Pac Engine - P&W
HSS Auto Pilot - Lear/Sikorsky A-129 Helicopter - Augusta
H-37 Helicopter - U.S. Army/Sikorsky EH-101 Helicopter - Augusta
AH56 Cheyenne - Lockheed V-22 Bell - Boeing
UH-12 Helicopter - U.S. Army CL-600/601/604 Business /Regional Jet – Canadair
HTL-1 Helicopter -USCG
MD-80, B-727, B-737 Cargo Systems
A340/A380 Cargo Systems-FD728 Hydraulic system
KC-135 Electrical System
A-310 & A-300/600 Landing gear & Flap/Slats

SORRY FOR THE WAY THIS PRINTED OUT

SORRY FOR THE WAY THIS PRINTED OUT

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[kiwispanner]

31 years old and feel it
12 years in the industry
NZCAA A@C with 744
work at Air NZ on the line. :confused:
Any jobs at Heathrow??????????? ;)

[KwikPhix]

35 years old
12.5 years RAF-rigger
4 years BAe @ DHA as IDS crewchief
CAA lame Cat A/2
Currently working for a small british regional airline in the north as chief librarian and a member of SWO's working party.

[Lamptramp]

Hi everybody
45 years old
23 on planes
EI&R on 737,747,757,767,777,146 & 1-11
Ex BAF and Big Airways
Once again a "liney"

One day I'll find out what I really want to do.

[Kwikfitter]

Hi,

38 Years old.

22 years in total

6 on Puddle Jumpers including Apprentiship

16 so far on helicopters

Now Chief Eng in Former Soviet Union

Radio 12.1,2,3 Elec 9.1,2,3 Inst 8.1,8

A+C Turbine Engined Helis, B212

Been there, seen it, done it

[ballpoint]

Ballpoint

Born in 1964
Started with 747 D-checks in 1986
Thereafter C-checks.
On the line at AMS since '92.
LAE A&P 747 classic and 400

Moderate drinker.

[Mike E]

43, 26 yrs in the biz,
ex-Big Airways apprentice.
A+C, A+P,Corporate and private aircraft
Hangar supervisor, Luton.

Any jobs out there in the real world?

:p

[peterl]

42 years young
25 years in Avaition
23 years (mis)spent in RAF (hic!)
2 years with Small charter airline in frozen north (737NG)
Still having fun - don't know why
:D

[Alan Key]

31 years old
16 in aviation.
6 on line maintenance.
146/RJ Saab2000
A&C contracting for Irish airline in CDG.

[Kiwiconehead]

30yrs old
12 years in aviation - half of those military
Aus & NZ licences E,I&R 146 and Dash 8

Currently with a Aus regional

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[DoctorA300]

31 years old
14 in Aviation
Line in Sweden
A/C/E/I/R Jar66 B1,B2 abd C
B737-ALL,DC9,MD80,A320,Bea146(Bwarrrr),Avro RJ(even more) and of course my baby A300

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[Noted]

Age: 41
Years in Aviation: 21
Licence: UK CAA AML B1 & C / FAA A & P
Type Ratings: B747-100 to 400 series, B757, B767, B777, A340, MD-11