How many aircraft/A&P's here ?

Trbobuick · Jul 2, 2012

Trolling around i see a lot of aircraft techs on this site .

I work out of Michigan on GA , piston engine stuff .
What about the rest of you ?

Mister Moose · Jul 2, 2012

ATP here with a lot of tools, but I don't work on aircraft. Used to spend a lot of time in an FBO maintenance hangar though. That's where I saw my first crow foot wrench, The Snap On truck was a regular, and I learned about safety wired fasteners.

jeffk14 · Jul 2, 2012

30 years in the biz. Flight line for most of it. Worked on a lot of different aircraft over the years. Boeing, Douglas, Lockheed, Airbus (YUCK!).

ASRoff · Jul 2, 2012

What is this aviation you speak of brian?

ASRoff · Jul 2, 2012

started in the Navy wwwaaayyyy back in 1994 then the majors. got tired of layoffs so taught for a while. Now I stack steel donuts that resemble GE90-115b's when I'm done........

Trbobuick · Jul 2, 2012

Holy hell...i didnt know you were on this site .

repella42 · Jul 3, 2012

Been working on GENX-2B(747-8),GE-CF6(767), and the new Air Force Tanker Pratt and Whitney engines (soon to be) for 1 1/2 years now. Went to an aerospace school here in WA for a year before that.

A_Pmech · Jul 3, 2012

*raises hand*

Bruce4310TX · Jul 3, 2012

30 yrs in Texas

Trbobuick · Jul 3, 2012

A_Pmech said:
*raises hand*

Wow.I want one your hammers. Bad.

1967lemans · Jul 3, 2012

12 years USMC here

hanger1 · Jul 3, 2012

A&P for a flight school in WA. navy flight engineer 20 years. it's in my blood!

aandpdan · Jul 3, 2012

20 years in "various" commuter airlines across the northeast.

CoyoteLL · Jul 3, 2012

11 years in Texas as an engineer. Just spent 9 weeks pushing tools during this IAM strike.

ALOT of the temporary workers they brought in were all A&P certified...and some DANG good mechanics.

CORTEZSS69 · Jul 3, 2012

Still have my mine. But haven't been real active lately. I really miss the work but around here jobs in that field are hard to find. But I haven't gave up hope.

theaton · Jul 3, 2012

10 yrs Army helicopters, 11 yrs EMS helicopters and regionals, 5 yrs FAA.

Alchymist · Jul 3, 2012

GAM-72, GAM-77, B52 powerplant mech - many years ago.Gave it up for electronics.

steve911 · Jul 3, 2012

35 yrs Air Force... B-52's, F-4's, KC-135's, A-37's, A-10's,F-15's, F-16's

What a ride....

Nighttrain · Jul 3, 2012

Not an A&P but I owe my life to the best A&P's that I have worked with for the last 15 years. I have held many a flashlights or handed tools or a cold bottle of water to them, while we were on a ramp broken down or in a hangar during an inspection. I have learned more about the aircraft that I have flown through the A&P's than anybook or class. Thanks for all your hard work.

rockwithjason · Jul 3, 2012

my brother works for united in LA.

1930artdeco · Jul 3, 2012

So far 12 yrs. and counting in the Air Force on C-130's.

Mike

UncleDirty · Jul 3, 2012

I've been an A&P for 27 years. Started at Continental Airlines at LAX spent 9 years there. Went to UPS in 1994, and plan to stay there till the end.

tcorns · Jul 3, 2012

12 years here. All commercial Douglas, airbus, Boeing products. Some heavy maintenance but a lot of flight line stuff. I was laid off in 09 and changed careers for a few years, but ended up back in a hangar last year.

660 outlawed · Jul 3, 2012

14 years here, all Helicopters. Pretty much all Bell helicopters. Most of it is component overhaul for a oilfield 135 company. 2 years at a aerospace repair facility that overhauls piece parts for engines, transmissions and so forth.

JimVonBaden · Jul 3, 2012

6 years avionics tech in the USAF and one year working cargo planes civi convinced me I prefer flying a desk. More job security, less physical punishment, and I make more money!

God bless the career guys, it is not an easy life.

Jim

jetmech09 · Jul 3, 2012

Large cabin gulfstream. G-IV, G-V, G400, G500, G450, G550, G350. And Hawker 800.

Imcrazy · Jul 3, 2012

A & P IA plus ATP

Not working in the field right now.

ASRoff · Jul 3, 2012

repella42 said:
Been working on GENX-2B(747-8),GE-CF6(767), and the new Air Force Tanker Pratt and Whitney engines (soon to be) for 1 1/2 years now. Went to an aerospace school here in WA for a year before that.

Then you know my work

was on GEnx for a year and came back to GE90. I'm one of the guys in the GEnx PIP1 photo a year ago in aviation weekly.

ZRX61 · Jul 3, 2012

20+ years. No airliners, no corporate, no GA ****, just this kinda stuff..

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thruthefence · Jul 3, 2012

40 years in the bid-ness, this past spring; A&P, IA, formally DME & DAR, settled in to a nice, low stress Corporate job with a C500 Citation, R44 II Helicopter, Cessna 421C, & Beech 95-B55. Two more years til retirement!!!
Passed on a Job with Dave Zeuschel in '73 to be closer to the "love of my life". I chose poorly.

dude67 · Jul 3, 2012

20 years as an A&P. Line maintenance. last 10 years worked for Airtran in MCO (Orlando). DC-9's B717 and B737 aircraft. Avionics Tech. on the line.

2drx4 · Jul 3, 2012

Canadian AME, M2 (no, not a medical examiner). I actually planned to pick up my A&P last year but didn't get around to it, and I doubt I'll have time to do it this year. Also I hope to get my AME M1 this year, it's just a paperwork thing at this point.

I hold courses for Bell 205, 212, and 407, along with Eurocopter AS350 (with 1 series arriel engine). However, I lack a PT6T course, so I'm not much good on a 212. Hopefully I'll get the PT6 course sometime this year so I have signing authority on 212. It would also be nice if I could get a LTS-101 course or a 2 series arriel course.

I avoid working on planes!

Steve from Socal · Jul 4, 2012

thruthefence said:
40 years in the bid-ness, this past spring; A&P, IA, formally DME & DAR, settled in to a nice, low stress Corporate job with a C500 Citation, R44 II Helicopter, Cessna 421C, & Beech 95-B55. Two more years til retirement!!!
Passed on a Job with Dave Zeuschel in '73 to be closer to the "love of my life". I chose poorly.

Small world; I knew Z pretty well RIP, just an airplane driver with a wrench here.

Steve

machine_punk · Jul 4, 2012

Not an A&P, but I do build stuff out of aluminum sheet and solid rivets.

M_P

camnick · Jul 4, 2012

Been an A&P since '85. Worked in Air Force, Northwest Airlines, and currently at FedEx for 14 years. Best place to work so far.

PapaShop · Jul 4, 2012

30 years Avionics design primarily in General Aviation EFIS and MFD - currently working on Helicopter display systems

2fat2fly · Jul 4, 2012

23 years and counting. I started out in the U.S. Navy (4 years) working on F-14 Tomcats. I was in a sea going squadron (VF142 Ghostriders) so I worked on the flight deck as a troubleshooter for my last cruise and I was in the airframes shop for my first cruise. When we weren't on a carrier we were stationed in Virginia Beach. After that I went to work on freighters (YS-11's, DC8,DC9 and B767's) as a structures technician and later as a fuel systems technician. Got layed off in May of 2009. July of 2009 I went to work on passenger jets (Embraer 145,170 and 190's) as a structures tech. Now I'm a structures lead for the same company.

2fat2fly · Jul 4, 2012

tcorns said:
12 years here. All commercial Douglas, airbus, Boeing products. Some heavy maintenance but a lot of flight line stuff. I was laid off in 09 and changed careers for a few years, but ended up back in a hangar last year.

Glad to see you here Trevor. :thumbup:

motorheadsdiygarage · Jul 4, 2012

Canadian AME "S" structural technician 24 years with Air Canada/Aveos on all aircraft types.

Specialist on thrust reverser types CF6-80C2 and Airbus A320, A340, and A330 for the last 10 years.

Basically retired since the bankruptcy of Aveos on March 25 2012.

Aviation is a special calling.

Dick in Wisconsin · Jul 4, 2012

jetmech09 said:
Large cabin gulfstream. G-IV, G-V, G400, G500, G450, G550, G350. And Hawker 800.

Nice stuff.

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