Overhearing a bunch of licensed Encore AME's in our building on course for the Q... can't believe what I'm hearing. They're convinced that the 738 does not have the legs to do YYT-DUB, and more concerning... they're under the impression that a 757 is a 767 with an upgraded cockpit.
Overhearing a bunch of licensed Encore AME's in our building on course for the Q... can't believe what I'm hearing. They're convinced that the 738 does not have the legs to do YYT-DUB, and more concerning... they're under the impression that a 757 is a 767 with an upgraded cockpit.
Your future Encore mx crew, ladies and gents.
I can almost excuse the YYT-DUB remark by them not realizing how close those two cities are. It's a shorter trip than Vancouver to Toronto.
Not knowing the difference between the 757 and 767 is mind boggling. I mean for a laymen sure, but everyone in the industry should know the difference between a narrow and wide body.
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I'd have forgiven them, but it was more like...
"Yeah so mainline announced YYT-DUB, but I'm not sure a -700 or -800 can make it..."
"That's probably why we're getting widebodies."
"What kind?"
"Probably just 757."
"Yeah. Probably better for ETOPS."
Then a third guy, "yeah it's just a 76' with an upgraded flight deck and avionics, pretty much."
I hate to break this to you but there's lots of techs out there who don't know a whole lot about airplanes. I know guys who barely understand theory of flight, but they can fix pretty much anything. You have to fix everything by the book and to the letter and it's easy to just become a parts changer. When you have to follow a set procedure and expect certain results it's easy to lose sight of what the purpose of the test is proving.
I'm doing the Avionics program as essentially a stopgap for my Nav Canada application. I hate to rag on my classmates but I don't even care at this point... just made it through 2 years with a bunch of kids who don't give a rat's behind about airplanes. I'm not sure why they're even here. So many kids would love to come to a school with Challengers, a 737, and wind tunnels, yet for two years all these people did was complain, let alone tell the difference between a 737 and a Challenger (not kidding)
I suspect that's part of the problem... and given that this line of work isn't particularly high paying I'm not sure why they're here if they don't like airplanes. Seems the maintenance guys like airplanes, but this year's crop of avionics guys is a bad bunch.
Luckily I'm going into ATC, lest I be associated with these spoiled brats in any capacity.
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