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Location: Los Angeles
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: Other Graduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
Maintain airplanes for major Airline. Keep them flying on schedule always no matter what the weather is.
Job Requirements
Need an A & P certificate (A&P license) need experience for consideration but can go into an airline job as helper or entrylevel. Remember that in the airline industry Seniority is everything
Uppers
Flight Benefits Go all over the world for almost free places you could never imagine. Also the pride that comes with the job as an airplane pushes back after you repaired it. Some of the best people you can ever imagine are your workmates no matter where you work in this industry.
Downers
You work weekends, Holidays, Rain or shine, and mostly when you start you always are guaranteed a position on graveyard. Another thing is that everything you do is your responsablity and your sigature is allover your work so you must be careful and do the best job possible always. Remember people's lives are in your hands.
Lifestyle
You live a very comfortable lifestyle as you become a world traveler. First class traveler can make you a spoiled person after a while.
Compensation
I began at 19/hr went all the way up to 33/hr I have made very good money with overtime and fieldtrips. There is no Bonuses in the airline industry.
Advice to Jobseekers
You may have to move to the job in order to get in I advice if you cant live away from home dont do it because in this industry you have to be ready to relocate and be patient.

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