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Life as an Aircraft Technician: A Brief Look Through the Eyes of 42 Years of Experience in the demanding Aviation Maintenance Profession
Hardcover
Publisher: Lynx Publishers
Published: Apr 20 2026
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A brief familiarization of the aircraft maintenance profession(non-military) and what led up to choosing this profession. The type of training and licensing needed. A slight intertwining personal life. How to prepare yourself and how to handle adversity in a profession where your signature comes with grave responsibility. Other non-aviation industries that accept your license ('ticket). Your co-workers and what they have to offer.
Life on the job such as shift work and various weather factors. Small tidbits of history on how this skill initialized. The ups and downs of this industry that are directly or in-directly caused by the US and the World economy. An in depth perspective on all the specialists surrounding you in order to get a plane ready and safe to fly. Trade Unions: the history of unions and how they will affect your work environment.
My experience as a Union Shop Steward and what this position entitles. Where safety takes priority over all functions in the Technical Operation Department (aka Tech-Ops). A brief familiarization of the most tech-savvy planes in the commercial aviation industry: The Dreamliner Boeing 787. How AI (Artificial Intelligence) has and what the future will hold in this demanding career field. CASE IN POINT: You will witness 1st hand in-the-trenches highly technical situations regarding safety and experience put in layman's perspective.
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