How did we all come here?
 

Go on, I would love to know, how did we all become aircraft engineers? Was it a burning desire to maintain aircraft, a stroke of good(or not so good) fortune or other factors? For me, I joined the RAF at 19 to become a Flight Line Mechanic and eventually became
A-Tec-P. I now work for an Old Lady In A Wheelchair, and have licenses with approvals. Not bad for a bloke who failed his 11+ and left school with no 'O' levels. So come on all you engineers in Pprune Land, tell us how you got into aviation maintenance, we would love to know

The lure of staff travel and it would appear I was badly mislead.........

Seldomfixit, who do you work for? If you can get in with an airline as opposed to a pure maintenance organisation then there are perks to be had. I am even led to believe that even FLS get some perks, although not many, these days. Supposedly, Virgin give the best perks, but if it is cheap holidays you are after, try Britannia

.....just 'plane' unlucky i guess!

..also, i thought standing at the bottom of airstairs looking up stewardess' skirts would be a good 'crack'!

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..nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
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Oh yes, and where do you all come from. If you had not guessed I work at LTN

Joined the RAF as an Aircraft Apprentice E.Fitt.A to escape the unemployment desert of N.E. England. At that time SuperMac told us we "never had it so good" and he was right. Unemployment in Stockton was below 27 per cent for the first time this century.

Had a great time and seen the world. Best move I ever made. Really!

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Info noted. Plse report further.

GOOD QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!

The thought of an industry that respected a trained person and payed a wage.

On a serious note, my grandfather was an A/c enginner, and my father an Avionic Engineer ,and after three months in an office pushing paper on £200 a month it seamed the logical step to follow the familly tradition.

Started out as a school leaver (16). It was a toss up between an apprentice draughtsman in a local factory or an apprentice in the hangar behind the local Flying Club.As I was a bit of a spotter in my youth, there was no contest.
These days however, my interest in aircraft is purely financial!