I start my program in about a month, I was in the army and gone from family for 8 years, now that me and my wife are back with the family, we’re leaving yet again to go to this school. My program is only 12 months long. I am very worried that I won’t be able to get on with an airline in this area (Lehigh valley) even though we have 4 airports within two hours. Is this really a good career idea for someone who wants to stay in an area of his choice?

Additionally, somewhat off topic. Where can I take this career? What role would give me a solid work life balance? With enough money to survive in this economy? I’d assume most want to work as a line maintainer for a major airline. What’s beyond that?

Open to pointers, advice, and criticism

What the hell do yiu guys use for this ducking nut? My boss bought new nuts and bolts for our cherokee 140 and the nuts called out are 11/16 but the ones that I removed were 5/8... can't for the life of me keep spending money on trying to grind down wrenches that don't either break or bend

Going to working for delta at RDU. Does anyone have a line box or tool sheet i can use to make sure i have everything. Thanks

The price is $45,000 CAD/$31,774USD

Hello everyone, I am debating whether or not I should purchase this to build hours for my CPL. I currently have my ppl with 90 hours, I am just wondering if the price is good deal and if there is potential to flip it once I am done flying it. Thank you

Full logbooks are available upon request. Total time (Airframe) - 11662.5 Time SMOH (Engine) - 1622.6 Prop Time - 197.1 Continental O-200-A Cylinder compressions at annual: Cyl 1 73/80, Cyl 2 74/80, Cyl 3 78/80, Cyl 4 72/80 Night flying approved. LED landing light This plane flies regularly and comes with a fresh annual, as of July 8th, 2024. 24 month inspection due. VOR Capable

Preparing to do an oil change on my TIO-540-A1FB. Lycoming service bulletin 480F directs removal, cleaning, inspection for metallic fragments and reinstallation of the suction screen on all engines at each oil change. A new annular gasket (O6E19769-100) is supposed to be installed at the same time. I ordered a few from Aircraft Spruce last week, at that time they predicted delivery around mid-December. As of today, they updated the ship date to August. So, I placed an order with another company who says they typically can ship within a week even when backordered. I'm not holding my breath. It makes me wonder if AN900-16 (or anything else) is an acceptable substitute?

Just started at an mro and I want to throw together a pelican case with as much tools as I can. Suggestions? Anything you wouldnt think of?

This is gonna be a long one, tldr at the bottom.

I work for a large engine manufacturer. My plant does both new assembly and MRO. I started in new assembly about a year and a half ago, and it’s been the easiest job I’ve ever had. Damn near unlimited time off, very relaxed environment, and I don’t really answer to a supervisor. Just go in, get my 40 with whatever overtime, and go home.

Recently due to business needs, I volunteered to work over on the MRO side. When I first started, I HATED it, mainly because I wasn’t good at it. The work was much more challenging, there were so much more headaches and problems to deal with, I was very overwhelmed. I’m also very green, when I started in new assembly I had to develop a lot of my basic hand skills and technical knowledge, but since I was doing almost the same thing every day, I picked up on it pretty quickly. When I started in MRO though, everything I was doing was new to me and I was intimidated working around people who had been doing this for 10 years. I felt like I moved around like a baby deer.

That has been changing though. As humble as I can, I’m pretty intelligent and I’m a quick learner, which I probably don’t give myself enough credit for. I’m still shaky with the hands on stuff, but I’m getting there. Where I’ve really been excelling though is the non technical aspects, like SB compliance, RTS requirements etc. I’m also becoming a wiz with our computer system that can be extremely confusing and it’s made solving problems way easier.

People are starting to notice, too. Multiple people I’ve been working with are basically begging me to come over to MRO permanently because they’re mind blown at how easy I’ve picked up the more complicated stuff.

I’m conflicted. On one hand, I like the work a lot more since I gotta use my brain more, every day is something different, and it feels nice getting recognized for my work. On the other hand, new assembly is SO much easier for the same pay, there are way less headaches to deal with, but the work can be monotonous. Also, my “unlimited” time off becomes a little more limited if I make the switch.

I’m still very early in my career and I’ve been struggling with the decision. What would you do?

TLDR: If you were starting out in the industry, for two jobs with the same but very good pay, would you choose monotonous but easy work, with flexible hours, or a much more challenging yet rewarding position where you sacrifice a little flexibility.

So in a nutshell I passed my interview with a major airline that starts with the letter D I haven’t done my backround check yet but I’m nervous that when I do they won’t accept me for a DUI I got when I was 19, this happened 8 years ago since then I’ve gotten it expunged but I know that probably doesn’t matter, can anyone give me insight on if I’ll get rejected or not.

I currently work in MRO heavy maintenance and within the next few months I should have my A&P and will likely try and start looking into airline maintenance. AA is where I’d like to be. By then I’ll be at about 3 years experience. I feel like I wanna lean towards base maintenance cause I’m used to and love heavy mx, but I’m still considering line. What are some advantages and disadvantages to line and base maintenance, I need some help deciding which way to go.

“The United Airlines Teamsters National Negotiating Committee is working hard to reach a tentative agreement for a strong new contract for the membership. Because our reset calculation shows us to be above our competitors by a substantial enough margin, wages for United Airlines technicians will not increase as part of the 2024 Industry Reset Model. This model was created to ensure the value of the United technicians agreement is at least 102 percent of the average pay and benefits received by technicians at American Airlines and Delta Airlines. The 2024 Reset Model showed that United technician pay and benefits are above the threshold needed to trigger an adjustment to our wage scales. The Reset Model considers five factors to assess the total value of the United technicians agreement. This value is then compared to the average value of the same five factors for technicians at American and Delta. The five elements are:

1. Pay – Technicians all-in wage rate (scale rates, A&P Licenses Premium, Line Premium and Longevity Premium) and VEBA
2. Paid Time Off – vacation, sick, and holidays
3. Benefits – employer’s medical cost share and retirement contribution
4. Profit Sharing – applies the profit-sharing percentage to annual United Airlines pre-tax profits
5. Scope – the ratio of Technicians heads per mainline aircraft

Since the December 2022 reset, rates for top-of-scale technicians have increased by 18.0 percent at United, 8.4 percent at Delta, and 3.6 percent at American. Together, the average wage increase for American and Delta technicians is 6.0 percent since the reset was calculated in 2022. The value of our contract is also higher due to United technicians paying lower medical premiums, earning more paid vacation time, and receiving more holidays and sick leave than the average of American and Delta technicians. It should be noted that the wage rates recently won by American Airlines technicians do not take effect until January 1, 2025, and are not allowed, per the CBA, to be used in the current Reset Model. Additionally, the Reset Model analysis is run every 12 months after the United contract amendable date (12/05/24) to ensure that United technicians remain above the average of American and Delta during the bargaining period. This is a unique contract provision, not often seen in our industry, that provides the opportunity for wage increases during the negotiation process. With this unique contract provision, United technicians ensure that their total compensation remain at least 102 percent the average of American and Delta throughout the negotiation process”

Thoughts?

This is probably gonna sound a bit confusing so I apologize. I’m not super experienced in the pitot static system but I understand the fundamentals. Working on an AS350B3. Came in with the Static line disconnected from the airspeed indicator (definitely intentional by the operator) We connected the line back up to do the test. when we are performing the Altimeter checks, the Airspeed indicator shoots up above 170 Knots. It was also having intermittent issues equalizing in the test set. We also found that the pitot line is not passing the leak check and we found the leak coming from the drain port (the spring loaded ball seems to not seal correctly). We ended up taking the static line off of the back of the airspeed indicator and sealing the line, along with covering up the other static ports. Altimeter checks came back good after doing that. But now we have to figure out what’s going wrong with the Pitot line. We bench tested the Airspeed indicator and it was fine and we also ran air into the pitot line and the airspeed indicator seemed to be working okay. We didn’t get a chance to finish troubleshooting today but we think there is an issue with how the lines were connected, pitot and static lines must be crossed somewhere. Obviously we know that the operator knew about this issue but failed to mention it to us upon arrival. We plan on contacting their director of maintenance to see what they say. They marked the lines with tape so it seems like they already had discovered the issue and took it all apart. Anyone have any ideas or insight? In the past, we had an avionics shop that would take care of stuff like this but now we are left to do the job. Note, the pilot system only has a line going from the port to the indicator and a split running to the drain-no digital indicator installed.

Has any one heard any updates on the United contract since December 1st really curious about pay and progression.

Hi does anyone here work at Houston line station? IAH? i have some questions pls pm me

How confident were you on doing maintenance on any sort of aircraft after you got your license? Currently halfway through general and going through imposter syndrome and I feel like it will be even worse through airframe and power plant because most people in my class are car fanatics, engineers or already in the field while I don’t even know how to do a car oil change

Gonna move to Anchorage in about 3-4days and was wondering what people use for cold weather -20 is the pest I’m expecting but almost always below 0

I’ve been an A&P for almost 2 years now, and one thing I’ve struggled with is my fear of heights. I currently work for an airline (somehow on day shift) so I haven’t had to deal with my fear too extensively, and even if I do my co workers are amazing and although make fun of me for it, help me through it more than I probably deserve. That being said I want to try applying to one of the “big 3” as they are hiring in my area, but I’m terrified of getting canned (especially during probation) because if I’m told to do something too high up, I will always put in the effort to try. However I start panicking no matter what I do, and I’m afraid there will be tasks I have trouble completing because of my irrational fear. I can’t imagine I’m the only mechanic that has had such a fear so does anyone have any advice? Would it even be worth me trying to get in with the likes of American, United, delta, or would it be more worth it for me to stick to smaller planes and hope one day I get over this ridiculous fear I have. I am fine with most maintenance tasks but for example if I’m put on anything rudder related on an A320, 737, or larger I will of course try, but I am unsure if I’d be able to complete the task. Any feedback or anyone who went through something similar would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, gents - I work ten hour days maintaining birds. Alot of walking, bending, crouching, climbing, standing, etc - don’t like the idea of heavy immobile boots that make my feet hot all day. Looking to stay under 200 and need to be safety toe. Any suggestions appreciated!

Was scoring 100s consistently on jeppesen but somehow got an 88 on the real deal

I have the ASA books and was wondering if jeppesen is a better book to use for studying for the orals.

AMFA | Career Opportunities at AMFA Represented Carriers https://www.amfanational.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_page.cfm&page=Career20Opportunities20at20AMFA20Represented20Carriers

AMFA recently had a membership meeting with several of our AMFA Represented Carriers. At that meeting one of the AMFA members requested that we share Employment Opportunities at AMFA Represented Carriers. So, we did Just that!

Here is a pathway link to educate and attract skilled aviation professionals career opportunities with their skillsets in elevating our craft-trade with our AMFA Represented Carrier's.

The AMFA-represented carriers below have dedicated websites listing employment opportunities. Follow the link to see current openings.

AMFA | Career Opportunities at AMFA Represented Carriers https://www.amfanational.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_page.cfm&page=Career20Opportunities20at20AMFA20Represented20Carriers

1. Alaska Airlines
2. Calm Air
3. Horizon Air
4. L3 Harris MAS Trenton, ON
5. Southwest Airlines
6. Spirit Airlines
7. Sun Country Airlines
8. WestJet Airlines

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I have a final on Wednesday and was told to study the welding section on AMA in the prepware app but i can’t seem to find it. Does anyone know if it’s under a different title or what I can study ?

Passed with an 88%. 9 months of hard work finally over with. I will say that the ACS standards definitely apply. About 50% of the questions were straight from Prepware and the other half were a mix of reworded questions and brand new ones. This subreddit has helped tremendously in knowing what to expect and how to study. Now onto Airframe!!