Aircraft Maintenance (line or hangar)
I don’t generally mention my career path to people. I generally say I work for the airlines and kind of move on in the subject matter if possible. I am most certainly not ashamed of my career path and I love my job and career field. So what am I talking about? I am an A&P (Airframe and Powerplant) mechanic. I am also reasonably experienced in Avionics (Aviation Electronics). In more recent years we are referred to as Aircraft Maintenance Technicians. In other countries we are Aircraft Engineers. Overall – the general public can’t relate to my career field! This picture probably describes it best: There is so much truth in this picture it is hard to even explain. … Somehow when you refer to yourself as an Aircraft Mechanic/Maintenance Technician/ Aircraft Maintenance Engineer .. you have some sort of status … All of the ‘titles above’ refer to the exact same profession but you can see that just by the variety in terminology for the exact same job – not an easy profession to explain and others to grasp. Whenever someone starts asking about my job and all the cool intricacies I start with the worst system in the entire aeroplane. Every mechanic, engineer, technician out there has a similar dread for this system yet it is the one system that every passenger passively counts on inadvertently. Are you thinking flight controls, engines, hydraulics? We don’t dread on those systems – there is no job worse on any aircraft (that has them) than the lavatory! I only mention this as a reality check! The title of my post mentions ‘line or hangar’ these are two completely different breeds of technicians. Hangar & line mechanics are are both highly skilled technicians. The hangar technicians are ones who tend to specialise...
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