Help wanted: airplane mechanics

[UAL_TECH]

Sad Comedy:

Indy - AAR needs Mechanics

Wages start at about $16 an hour for licensed mechanics with less than five years of experience, rise to about $20.25 an hour in five years and can surpass $23 an hour for inspectors.

:down:

B) UT

 

[RDU Jetblast]

Shees. At that rate, let the jobs go overseas. I care not to lower my income to compete with the third world.

 

[boxer]

Just curious. $20/hr in Indy would be comparable to what in the Bay Area, or other high cost-of-living areas?

 

[Joe Patroni]

Amost makes me want to quit my current job and come back to the industry.......NOT!

 

[TWU-GOTTA-GO]

Just curious. $20/hr in Indy would be comparable to what in the Bay Area, or other high cost-of-living areas?

$8.63 per salary.com for SFO

 

[UAL_TECH]

Just curious. $20/hr in Indy would be comparable to what in the Bay Area, or other high cost-of-living areas?

Tell us. h34r:
$20 hr is top wage with no definition of benefits.
Don't troll and heve us do the work for you, be a leader.
Go all in and play this game or STFU!

B) UT

 

[UAL_TECH]

Just curious. $20/hr in Indy would be comparable to what in the Bay Area, or other high cost-of-living areas?

Tell us. h34r:
$20 hr is top wage with no definition of benefits.
Don't troll and heve us do the work for you, be a leader.
Go all in and play this game or STFU!

B) UT

 

[boxer]

Tell us. h34r:
$20 hr is top wage with no definition of benefits.
Don't troll and heve us do the work for you, be a leader.
Go all in and play this game or STFU!

B) UT

@UT: WTF!

 

[tech2101]

Sad Comedy:

Indy - AAR needs Mechanics

:down:

B) UT

Mickey Cohen: It seems he has trouble staying anywhere for long. h34r:

Employment History

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General Manager3
AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR)

Headquarters Address:
One AAR Place 1100 Wood Dale Rd.
Wood Dale, IL. 60191
USA
Website: www.aarcorp.com
Phone: (630) 227-2000
Fax: (630) 227-2039

AAR CORP. (AAR) is a diversified provider of products and services to the worldwide aviation and aerospace and defense industries. AAR conducts its business activities through six principal operating subsidiaries: AAR Parts Trading, Inc., AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing, Inc., AAR. More
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Vice President of Operations and Engineering3
AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR)

Headquarters Address:
One AAR Place 1100 Wood Dale Rd.
Wood Dale, IL. 60191
USA
Website: www.aarcorp.com
Phone: (630) 227-2000
Fax: (630) 227-2039

AAR CORP. (AAR) is a diversified provider of products and services to the worldwide aviation and aerospace and defense industries. AAR conducts its business activities through six principal operating subsidiaries: AAR Parts Trading, Inc., AAR Aircraft & Engine Sales & Leasing, Inc., AAR. More
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Senior Vice President of Operations5
Legend Airlines

Headquarters Address:
Website: www.legendairlines.com

Dallas Love Field-based Legend Airlines offers customers the feel of first class service at a range of competitive coach and advance purchase fares. From its private executive terminal at Dallas Love Field, the airline currently flies non-stop to Los Angeles, Washington Dulles and Las. More
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Senior Vice President, Airline Operations
Legend Airlines

Headquarters Address:
Website: www.legendairlines.com

Dallas Love Field-based Legend Airlines offers customers the feel of first class service at a range of competitive coach and advance purchase fares. From its private executive terminal at Dallas Love Field, the airline currently flies non-stop to Los Angeles, Washington Dulles and Las. More
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Vice President of Line Maintenance3
US Airways
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Vice President of Operations3
US Airways
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Vice President of Technical Services3
Dalfort Aviation
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Position, Aerospace Industry3
Rockwell International Corporation (NYSE: ROK)

Headquarters Address:
3370 Miraloma Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92803
USA
Website: www.rockwell.com

At Rockwell, reaching out to university students doesn't stop at the water's edge. In fact, we look closely for opportunites to partner with leading schools in emerging global regions, such as China. Over the past 18 months, Rockwell has set-up research labs at 10 Chinese universities. More
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Senior Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering3
Alaska Airlines , Inc.

Headquarters Address:
19300 Pacific Highway South
Seattle, WA 98188
USA
Website: www.alaskaair.com
Phone: (206) 392-5040

BRIEF: For the three months ended 31 March 2007, Alaska Airlines, Inc.'s revenues increased 12% to $659.8M. Net loss totaled $3.7M, up from $76.5M. Revenues reflect an increase in passenger income and higher revenues from freight & mail. Lower aircraft maintenance expenses, an decrease in. More
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Senior Vice President of Operations3
Aloha Airlines

 

[UAL_TECH]

@UT: WTF!

Just tired of the Bu11####.
$20 an hour should not even be on the table, then they cry about not enough mechs.
There are plenty of 'experienced' Mechs out 'here' but are not willing to work for crap wages and crap benefits.
Their 'lead in' of not enough mechs is a precursor to more H1B visas to fill the 'viod'.

There is no 'viod' other than qualified people will not work for the crap wages offered.

Your 'complicity' in this theology, simply pi$$ed me off, as 'you' should know better.

B) UT

 

[Busdrvr]

Sad Comedy:

Indy - AAR needs Mechanics

:down:

B) UT

Wow, topping out at under 50K a year for a highly experienced mech. It pays better to work on Kia's. Definately a sad comentary on the industry. But look at the bright side, all the glamour of the aviation profession is PRICELESS and you can space-a during your time off (if you think you can get on a jet with a 90% system wide load factor and you can get time off your OTHER job you've got to do to make ends meet....)

 

[RDU Jetblast]

Try topping out at 42k...unless you're an inspector. That should be starting pay for freshly minted A&P's.

No, I wouldn't come back to this industry either. Airlines can't beat the savings at outsource centers and outsource centers can't afford quality employees. You cannot have a quality outfit without quality people. Quality people will not undersell themselves. (Just look at management retention bonuses)

No matter how you torture the numbers, this formula will never equal safety.

 

[wasone]

Try topping out at 42k...unless you're an inspector. That should be starting pay for freshly minted A&P's.

No, I wouldn't come back to this industry either. Airlines can't beat the savings at outsource centers and outsource centers can't afford quality employees. You cannot have a quality outfit without quality people. Quality people will not undersell themselves. (Just look at management retention bonuses)

No matter how you torture the numbers, this formula will never equal safety.

I just carried the farm tractor to the shop for repairs, their shop rate is $ 70.00 per hr.

 

[MMB]

Just curious. $20/hr in Indy would be comparable to what in the Bay Area, or other high cost-of-living areas?

$20 per hour = $41,743 annual.

• To maintain the same standard of living, your salary of $41,743 in Indianapolis, Indiana should increase to $89,226 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
• Stated another way, it's 113.8% more expensive to live in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California than Indianapolis, Indiana

 

[High Iron]

Another ( orchestrated by our inveterately plutocratic government ) self-fulfilling prophecy: Downward pressure on AMT compensation has come home to roost....another of the increasing list of "Jobs Americans won't do". Uh-oh! We'll have to lower qualifications ( though I'm sure some MRO industry mouthpiece will come up with a more sanguine sounding white-washed term like "qualification rationalization" ) to maintain staffing levels....at what we want to pay.

Maggots.