Originally Posted by Waves

I may take some flak for this one (what's new ), BUT, I'd bet the Mechanics have much more of a pension than the FA's due to their much higher salaries, even though their hiring criteria was less than that of an FA. Yes you heard that right. First of all, mechs are not required to have a minimum of a 4 year degree as our FA's were in the past (not sure about now). Albeit most Mechs had previous experience, Mechanics were not required to possess an A&P to get hired and most of them still don't have one. I beleive all the line guys must have an A&P, but not the guys working in the maintenance and tech ops areas. How do I know, becasue I ARE one. Ha I am an A&P with an IA endorsement. A good friend of mine was a DAL Mechanic for years. Of course I will admit he had a B.S. degree in Avionics and a masters degree in business, and came with military experience; however, he was the exception and not the rule. He quickly moved to become the FMS data analyst and is now a dispatcher. Morale of that story, I guess my wife should have been a DAL Mechanic.