We’ve taken a beating here at Gulfstream. Main Service center has been gutted and a few smaller ones shut down. People just aren’t flying, whether commercial or private.
Thank god for military aircraft.
Now you know why I left aviation & my A&P mechanic days behind and got an electronics degree so I could fix computers and peripheral computer equipment. The work has been steady and a hospital can be run without doctors and nurses, but not without computers and computer services. I have been blessed to be considered essential personnel during the COVID-19 outbreak and get paid normally. Thank you, Jesus
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The ups and downs in aviation is what makes it sporting. I have been lucky in the fact we had huge projects going pre corona that seem to be lasting through it. Sometimes, usually when I’m at work on a holiday, I wonder why I got into aviation in the first place.
You have been lucky. I still know a lady (retired AF A&PI with a list of qualification as long as both of your arms and a science degree in Aerospace Maintenance Technology) who lives in her Van/Bus because of all the relocations she goes through.
I've encouraged her to tell them all to go eff themselves and that she should take one of the many maintenance jobs going back out the desert.
Man ain’t that the truth.
Thankfully I’m more involved with heavy structures mods which keeps me safe (usually) from RIFs. It can get pretty tiring though. The sky is always falling for some.
What I find crazy is that this time last year we were facing the biggest A&P shortage ever. Wages were up, couldn’t find anyone to hire. Now there are more people than positions, over a silly virus.
There are only a couple places that are truly stabile in aviation and they are located in sh*tholes. If I could convince my wife, I’d go to Fedex, even if it meant living in Memphis.
You have probably heard this a million times but I have an amazing friend who runs a ferry pilot group. They make more money flying ferry stuff than flying mainline. I go with for a lot of it. I’m new so I’m not sure how to pm but hit me up if I can help.