Originally Posted by
Duksrule
Then if you add to the Pilot with A&P list and throw in SECRET security clearance of above and a willingness to be away from home for a few months at a time, I would think the pool is even more shallow. Then again they must be finding these guys somewhere.
That's a very small group indeed.
Secret clearance usually implies military experience. Military pilots almost never have an A&P, they would be too old for mil flight training by the time they completed both an A&P and college. Could be done, but not if you actually worked as an A&P for long.