career change
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Getting an aerospace engineer job
Far be it for me to blow our trumpet, but we've got loads of jobs for aviation engineers.
Go to aviationjobsearch.com. There's 11 different engineering categories for the industry for you to choose from. There's about 700 aerospace engineering jobs at any time. From LAEs to planning to avionics etc etc.
I'll put the trumpet down now.
On a different note...
I heard an engineer lost an arm yesterday working on a Ryanair aircraft. Is that right?
Matt
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Go to aviationjobsearch.com. There's 11 different engineering categories for the industry for you to choose from. There's about 700 aerospace engineering jobs at any time. From LAEs to planning to avionics etc etc.
I'll put the trumpet down now.
On a different note...
I heard an engineer lost an arm yesterday working on a Ryanair aircraft. Is that right?
Matt
aviationjobsearch.com
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Silence isn't always golden...
I was looking for another job recently - my old one disappeared from under me (as they do). I put my CV with aviationjobsearch.com and sent off applications to a number of their advertisers. I didn't get a single reply. Blow the trumpet by all means mattp, but do try to learn a tune first...
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Interesting point Blacksheep. A couple of years ago I placed an advert there for an airworthiness Engineer - ran it for 8 weeks or so without a single application. A (ludicrously expensive) 2-line ad in Flight got me about half a dozen applications, and I got another dozen via a free advert through the jobcentre (UK government placement agency). Eventually filled it through personal contacts anyway - still wonder why I bothered paying for any advertising at-all !
For the record, I was incredibly impressed with the Job Centre - I've never had the misfortune to be the other side of the counter but as an employer I thought the (free!) service was stunning.
G
For the record, I was incredibly impressed with the Job Centre - I've never had the misfortune to be the other side of the counter but as an employer I thought the (free!) service was stunning.
G
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Bloimey,
Thought I'd read on in this thread but wish I hadn't. I was a Flight Engineer for some 15 yrs total, on the C130 and A300 B4 before enforced redundancy last year.
Now considering there is more chance of getting a Lottery win than a F/E offer, I was considering trying to get some ground engineer licences to get back into the aviation industry.
Anyone got any constructive advise?
By the way, the grass is always greener.....I was a piano player in a *****house for 2 years. Knackered my eyesight, but blagged it for my Class 1 medical.
Thought I'd read on in this thread but wish I hadn't. I was a Flight Engineer for some 15 yrs total, on the C130 and A300 B4 before enforced redundancy last year.
Now considering there is more chance of getting a Lottery win than a F/E offer, I was considering trying to get some ground engineer licences to get back into the aviation industry.
Anyone got any constructive advise?
By the way, the grass is always greener.....I was a piano player in a *****house for 2 years. Knackered my eyesight, but blagged it for my Class 1 medical.
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From: UK
Best advice is.....
DON'T DO IT!!!
But if you really must then www.airmech.co.uk should give you all the advice you need. Not necessarily good advice, but it is free!
Good luck
DON'T DO IT!!!
But if you really must then www.airmech.co.uk should give you all the advice you need. Not necessarily good advice, but it is free!
Good luck
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From: canada
I buddy of mine went to Shannon before he even had a licence not that long ago, and said they were hurting for people. Said they paid well, and the benifits were good. Havn't heard from him in a couple of months, but you could give them a ring.
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One of the interesting things to come from this discussion is how it is still so difficult in th UK to make a career change. In the North America and Australia it seems more acceptable for folks to swap jobs after 5, 10, 15 yrs and companies seem to be more open to take peopel on from different backgrounds.
In UK the attitude is considerbaly more conservative.....archaic?
So did anyone figure out which whore house needs a piano player next? Do you have to work a week in hand?
In UK the attitude is considerbaly more conservative.....archaic?
So did anyone figure out which whore house needs a piano player next? Do you have to work a week in hand?
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Interesting point there Jango.
I suggest that (if you are right, and I think you probably are) it comes down to two things:-
(1) There's a serious social stigma in the UK to not being gainfully employed for a period of time, this even applying to prolonged periods of study any time after about the age of 22.
(2) The training and education industry in Britain (with the obvious exception of flying training, which is a bit of an oddball in that respect) is not geared up to part-time or self-monitored learning of new skills with the exceptions of...
(a) Further training within an existing career.
(b) Poorly paid semi-skilled work such as the bottom end of catering, or relatively menial computing jobs.
Arguably both are a problem for UK PLC.
G
I suggest that (if you are right, and I think you probably are) it comes down to two things:-
(1) There's a serious social stigma in the UK to not being gainfully employed for a period of time, this even applying to prolonged periods of study any time after about the age of 22.
(2) The training and education industry in Britain (with the obvious exception of flying training, which is a bit of an oddball in that respect) is not geared up to part-time or self-monitored learning of new skills with the exceptions of...
(a) Further training within an existing career.
(b) Poorly paid semi-skilled work such as the bottom end of catering, or relatively menial computing jobs.
Arguably both are a problem for UK PLC.
G
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I've had to leave my country to find employment in my field. I thought about retraining, but I had a family to suport, and no savings to fall on. She has spent all the cash I have sent her, and now wants a divorce because I don't earn enough. Still no work at home, and can't afford to retrain. I should have stayed a piano player. Benifits were good.
