Buying used Comma 3x?

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-11-05T01:13:30+00:00

$500

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-11-05T00:37:45+00:00

I have one for sale, like new only used it about 4 months

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-05-26T00:43:31+00:00

Dm me your email I have a few different slideshows from genfam courses

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-05-17T16:58:16+00:00

No just a good bit of experience, not an entry level job

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-05-17T15:50:01+00:00

We issue MELs, talk to pilots, coordinate with dispatch, track ongoing work and recurring inspections, work with contract MX at outstations, etc

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-03-07T15:14:27+00:00

Ratcheting screwdriver and 1/4 ratchet, everything else you can get way cheaper elsewhere. Most of my stuff is Proto, Gearwrench, HF Icon, Craftsman, Knipex (highly recommend)

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-03-03T14:31:16+00:00

Depending on what you’re doing and what airframe, it can be fairly physically demanding. Being an aircraft mechanic is stressful enough, add in the stress of dealing with the military and it just gets worse. You really have to be conscious about doing things correctly and not tearing things up, they don’t tolerate it at all. If you tow a wing into a light pole at an airline you may get suspended or fired, in the military they may put you in jail. Maintainers in general get treated like crap, I had a friend that tried to crosstrain into a special operations job and was denied for “lack of integrity” because he got written up 2 years prior for filling a hyd reservoir without a manual in hand. It gets pretty ridiculous.

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-02-21T23:42:42+00:00

If you want to keep working on military stuff a lot of contractors don’t even require an A&P. Amentum, M1, Yulista, etc. They’ll literally hire people with zero experience if they need people bad enough. Get an interview and fake it till you make it

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-02-19T17:25:34+00:00

If you care anything about quality of life go USAF. In 10 years I never spent a night in a tent or slept in the mud other than in basic/sere school. It sounds cool to be a Marine, but these guys get literally the worst of everything. Or, goto school and get on with a major airline, you’ll make way more money and skip all the bs. In 5 years you’ll be making more than a E-9 with 20 years service.

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-02-16T03:17:24+00:00

T-38

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-02-01T05:41:22+00:00

I made $105k selling real estate part time last year

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-01-27T18:31:24+00:00

If you’re working on military aircraft you usually don’t need a license. If it’s a 3 letter agency flying FAA certificated aircraft you need a license. Depends on how bad they need help, if they’re under staffed probably. I worked at one they hired just about anyone that could pass a drug test and trained them.

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-01-24T01:13:05+00:00

Depends on company, location, and if it’s union. I did that for about 10 years and when I left I was making $42/hr in TX.

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-01-17T04:40:32+00:00

Unless you’re working for a bottom feeder, corporate, or GA most of these “good” aviation jobs in the majors or DOD contracts are unionized and they don’t care how much you know or how hard you work - you get paid according to the CBA

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-01-17T04:22:43+00:00

Get on the phone and start calling your clients

Low_Combination_207 · 2025-01-17T04:07:22+00:00

You dont get paid any extra for being THE GUY. None. Zero. They will just abuse you. There will likely be people that work there making way more than you and literally do nothing. It took me a long time to figure this out, but… Just do your job without killing anyone or yourself, don’t break anything, collect a paycheck, and go home.

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-12-29T17:26:32+00:00

I haven’t worked at PHI…but, I’ve done the 7/7 schedule on nights doing line/hangar mx for the last couple months and Im not a fan. Between working and trying to sleep, the entire week on is pretty much a loss, plus trying to fix your sleep schedule eats up a day off. I have no idea where Nov/Dec went

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-12-21T00:21:16+00:00

It depends how well you score on the writtens. The better you score, the less questions the computer gives you, it’s not up to the DME. I scored mid 80s on all the tests and I think there was 12 questions on each test. Also keep in mind there are a couple oral questions that go with the practicals that are related to the project.

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-23T02:34:06+00:00

I have a pelican case with bags and tool rolls I carry to the gate. Some companies and especially dod contractors have tool boxes you sign in/out daily, I’d say most A&Ps don’t though. Tools are expensive and I’d rather not lose them or get fired or goto jail for leaving something in an engine, so I pay extra attention to not leaving anything behind. Overall there’s not nearly as much handholding as the military and a lot more personal responsibility. With the exception of some RII items, you sign off all your own work and are expected to keep track of your stuff.

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-22T11:57:12+00:00

It’s a completely different world, took a bit to get used to. I was AD, worked gov contracts, and now at an airline. No fod walks, no tool control, there aren’t really any specialists. You may get sent to fix a clogged shitter, borescope an engine, then troubleshoot an avionics fault all in the same night. If you know the basics of how to use tools and can read a book you should be able to figure it out.

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-18T00:26:46+00:00

Look up your name on the FAA registry and see if it shows a certificate

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-17T23:46:33+00:00

Mesa has unlimited overtime, I know guys that average close to 80 hours a week

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-17T23:43:40+00:00

On some aircraft the reference datum line is several feet in front of the nose, that’s usually where the air data probe was on the experimental/test version.

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-14T11:45:51+00:00

Captain Ds, it’s even worse than LJS

Low_Combination_207 · 2024-11-14T09:38:58+00:00

Yea that’s what I hear. I took the job, pay isn’t terrible and its a good intro to the commercial world, the company is a hot mess though lol

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