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Author: Airplane Andrew   Date: 4/2/2024 1:12:48 PM  +9/-8  

Interesting comment to an article on AvWeb: I’m a long time ATP/CFI who went to a 147 school a couple years ago to get an A&P (graduated at pretty much the height of the post pandemic hiring boom) and I saw no airlines snapping up new A&Ps. No FBOs other than the one in the next hangar ever made any effort to recruit. There is simply not a huge demand for new grads. Just like airlines have too many FO applicants and not enough pilots with 121.436 time – everybody wants an A&P with a couple years experience. The only companies showing any recruiting effort were two non-union regional airlines. They were offering about $19 /hr. I point out to my 20-something age classmates that the local school district is hiring bus drivers at $25/hr (30+ hrs/week and full health and dental benefits, retirement, etc.) and the only qualification is clean urine. All of the recent grads I know who work at an FBO make less than my friends who wait tables. Being an A&P is not a good career investment IMO. The amount of stuff you are responsible to know is enormous. For me, getting an A&P' was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done (and I’ve done some hard stuff, I think). For what? Even after all the recent 30% wage increases, the “majors” start A&Ps at mid $30’s /hr and top out in the low $60’s /hr. Regionals are around 60% of that. FBOs pay less than regionals, and based on the gra-pevine, most offer poor health care and no retirement.
 
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Aviation Industry not getting ahead +9/-8 Airplane Andrew 4/2/2024 1:12:48 PM