boeing

[robertc1024]

Do it for sure. I think in general, Boeing is a pretty good place to work. They have had fights with their labor unions over the years, but got it settled out eventually. Everett is a cool town too. I've spent lots of time there working with Fluke. The only strange thing to me about this deal is the engine repair gig. I thought they outsourced all of their engine work.

 

[Jraymer360]

No reason not to check into it, but it sounds dubious.

I completed the A&P school at Columbus State but didn't test for the licenses. It's pretty simple, but I won't say easy. It's shop class. You learn to set rivets and weld tubing. You mess around with ancient engines--like a 500 cubic inch lawn mower engine with 2 spark plugs. You mess with radial engines--so old they are depicted in cave drawings. And little turbo jets. And then you can take your tests and get your tickets...

And like any other job, you aren't qualified when you show up to work. With aircraft, you have to have worked on that job in the past to be able sign off on it. All of your real training will be OJT. The fabric and dope job you do in school doesn't transfer to a 737.

But why not investigate?

they don't do fabric and dope i believe, they do composites now, no welding either. the FAA Doesn't require it anymore.

 

[Mark_88]

I'd say go for it too...my brother works for Bombardier and started out by getting a general certificate from community college...then worked on the assembly line for a few years...was laid off a few times but has now been there almost 30 years...loves the aircraft industry...

Nothing to say you can't apply yourself to this and succeed...don't let negative thoughts invade your life...YOU CAN DO IT...

The first steps have been laid down for you by someone else...this, I'd say, is a blessing that you probably deserve for getting your life in order and trying to make yourself into someone...

 

[JoshT]

No reason not to check into it, but it sounds dubious.

I completed the A&P school at Columbus State but didn't test for the licenses. It's pretty simple, but I won't say easy. It's shop class. You learn to set rivets and weld tubing. You mess around with ancient engines--like a 500 cubic inch lawn mower engine with 2 spark plugs. You mess with radial engines--so old they are depicted in cave drawings. And little turbo jets. And then you can take your tests and get your tickets...

And like any other job, you aren't qualified when you show up to work. With aircraft, you have to have worked on that job in the past to be able sign off on it. All of your real training will be OJT. The fabric and dope job you do in school doesn't transfer to a 737.

But why not investigate?

Keep in mind he's not going for an A&P here. He'll be going to a Boeing school, and being trained on how to do the job(s) he's likely to be doing.

they don't do fabric and dope i believe, they do composites now, no welding either. the FAA Doesn't require it anymore.

They dropped the dope & fabric, as well as the welding requirement, shortly after I started in 03. Some of the larger aviation schools in the state still do it, but they have the space and facilities to do it. My school barely had space for a hangar, and two "labs" (maybe 30x30 rooms) that housed everything. Everything Power Plant was in one room, everything Airframe was in the other. The still had us do a little welding but the primary purpose was to be able to identify a good and bad weld, for that we had to go down to down and invade the welding classes. They keep adding on more classes and buildings, but they haven't given the aviation department any more space since at least 2000.

 

[yugregnar]

so do u live in everett? I do where do you go wheelin at? And the boeing thing...Just
F-ckin do it!!!! What a great opportunity for a young guy

 

[Thulsa Doom]

Sounds like the guy is making an effort to help you better your life. When's the last time you heard of that? What this world needs is more mentors. If you do it, just be serious. Be polite and let this guy help you get your foot in the door at Boeing. In a few years you'll be in a much better place.
Good on you for impressing him enough to make him want to help you. He must have really seen promise in you. You should be proud.

 

[--weezl--]

i have to ask lol im young and dont wanna make mistakes, i know that making mistakes is the thing that makes u smarter but still ive been a mess up my whole life and now i have an offer of a lifetime and dont wanna screw up

dude, this is one of those situations, where if there is even the possibility of it being what you want to do long term, the ONLY mistake you could make, is passing it up... worst case scenario, you're still making more money than you are now, and you quit to go do something else... he's the one taking the risk, not you... you've got NOTHING to loose...

if it's the moving to a new place thing, i moved 1000km away from my family and friends when i was 21, and it was one of the best experiences of my life... sure i miss my family and friends, but i go visit them a few times a year, facebook makes everything easier... cellphones, email, i'm still really close with my sister, her daughter (who was born 9 months ago) my sister actually got divorced from her first husband just as i was moving, and i am super close with her new husband, even though it's an 11 hour drive to go see them...

albeit it i don't really like living in this city, and more or less plan to move back within the next year, but i wouldn't be the person i am, if i didn't move here when i did...

you aren't going to be licensed to be an aviation mechanic in a few weeks. it takes months. almost a year.

 

[509lifted]

yugergnar no i live in chelan for now but i will be moving over there when i get my ged and weezle that is a great point i like ur thinking

 

[Rose2300]

Not finishing high school was your first mistake. Don't make another by not taking this opportunity. Seriously? This should be a no-brainer