Originally Posted by
Anderair
Everyone at my airline was furloughed. So my A&P is irrelevant to my furlough. There wasn’t a high enough rung on the seniority ladder to save me. Maybe I would have gotten to a major but who knows. If by “hole” you mean debt, I went to community college and got an AS for about 4K that included my A&P, some bachelor programs include it as well. A bachelors degree that includes learning a trade Can be very valuable in times like this.
I was referring to the time and money you wasted that may have made a crucial difference in your flying career. A&P work has been in free fall since 2002. It really has become employment of last resort. Whats worse is the fact that industry has successfully lobbied congress to diminish the already low standards for entry. The job can no longer attract even lower middle class kids anymore so they are probing ghettos and barrios for help.