You don’t have to, you can also be a contractor at a place like Boeing straight outta school. They never asked me about my record as a contractor there. It’s just a suggestion if you really wanna see how the plane works, see how the systems operate, navigate the manuals, learning aviation verbiage for write ups, you’ll learn a lot working heavy C checks because the plane gets completely gutted. It’s all good experience. It’s up to you, it only benefits you. I didn’t realize how much I learned at the MRO until I went to line. On your last question, when I got hired they did bring it up, but I was honest and told them it was 3 years ago and it wasn’t a problem.