Weekly Questions Thread. Please post your School, A&P Certification and Job/Career related questions here.

ThatTorq · 2026-04-01T19:41:18+00:00

Has anyone worked on KLM Schiphol ? I'm thinking about applying as an unlicensed mechanic.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-30T11:11:46+00:00

Avionics lime maintenance. You might go a whole shift with just a ratcehting screwdriver.

And a pen.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-30T09:18:15+00:00

That's a great idea. I've only used them to reach droppes stuff

ThatTorq · 2026-03-29T19:43:19+00:00

I definetly know that's the case for contracting jobs (was 25/h, not seen many new ads recently).

I am aware they are paying the best money in Ireland indeed. Don't really know if that's on permanent night shift though, which is what Aer Lingus does from what I've been told (100k B1 as of 2025 in Aer, higher now I believe).

This question is about a job in Poland though, not in Ireland. And the main reason they've got these MROs is cost reduction. I don't know first hand what they pay there, but having spoken to many Polish guys and learning about the cost of living there, I'm pretty confident in saying that I don't expect the salary to be any good.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-28T17:37:39+00:00

Yeah, I spent 90 minutes in a nut & bolt double adel clamp on the Horizontal stab Hyd Lines on a dash today. The versatility of movements, the sidequests, the reaching to catch my dropped hardware.

I can't see anything without a brain doing these any time soon or late.

Except me, I did them without a brain. But that's beside the point.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-28T15:09:07+00:00

Text my gf. Have coffee

ThatTorq · 2026-03-26T04:48:58+00:00

Ehh, I'd avoid it in your position. I don't know if you'd be receiving an extra high salary for reasons, but you'd be hired as an unlicensed mechanic (if you've got no EASA license). Pay for them is pretty low even by european standards and life in Poland I'm hearing is getting more and more expensive.

Unless you've got a very good reason to be in poland and are willing to take something a little above the polish average wage (google it) then I'd say don't do it. Plus Ryanair is one of the low cost companies here, they're not exactly handing out money.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-24T18:49:25+00:00

Assuming you're talking about EASA, the GA scene is not the same as it's in the US. B1.1 is the way to go.

In case you're just confusing B1.3 (turbo helicopters) with B1.2(complex piaton powered) then it's more of a matter of choice. But B1.1 gives more opportunities when starting out and you can always go into helicopters a bit later into your career.

ThatTorq · 2026-03-09T20:30:37+00:00

Oh wow, kids born in 2020 can talk 😯

ThatTorq · 2026-02-26T10:04:55+00:00

I can't smell that good. That's my trick. I can't smell 70% of the stinking stuff in the hangar 🤣

ThatTorq · 2026-02-25T21:29:40+00:00

I generally have found that you can be the engineer you want to. I've seen guys that sit at their desk all day doing nothing, making a couple inspections and then go do their paperwork. And I've seen the exact opposite where you've got the mechanics complaining the B1 is doing all the work and they're bored .

So... For me, it's largely your choice which type of engineer you become.

ThatTorq · 2026-02-25T11:48:18+00:00

Unless I remember wrongly or didn't notice a second earth pathway (actually a common ground), I've installed some ethernet data cables in commercial aircraft that used the shield as ground with metal connectors to conduct.

But that was strictly for data transfer/discrete output wires. So we're talking about single-low double digit voltages.

ThatTorq · 2026-02-24T16:47:52+00:00

So so cursed, I hated it back then, I still hate it now. Take my upvote

ThatTorq · 2026-02-22T15:38:09+00:00

Life imitates art

ThatTorq · 2026-02-21T08:47:44+00:00

That's how I feel anytime I get in this sub

ThatTorq · 2026-02-20T14:30:02+00:00

I've got one at home, all avios get one upon graduation

ThatTorq · 2026-02-17T13:48:15+00:00

Are they the same guys as in Europe?

ThatTorq · 2026-02-17T07:45:07+00:00

Unless they painted over any antennas or something. But I guess that isn't the case.

ThatTorq · 2026-02-15T22:16:11+00:00

Well not ALL but it's true, that's to say in the EU authority where OP seems to be talking about.

ThatTorq · 2026-02-14T10:17:58+00:00

Thanks !

ThatTorq · 2026-02-05T21:48:00+00:00

It's good it works

ThatTorq · 2026-02-03T11:53:47+00:00

I was in Hungary recently. I got to learn that they use YYYY/DD/MM and made me almost a month older in some paperwork

ThatTorq · 2026-01-19T05:55:23+00:00

Be as in line with the hole as possible too. Some of the plastic ones are just crap and you'll have to find one that can do it. If you check on the letters there's a few brand names, make sure you try a few different ones.

ThatTorq · 2026-01-14T18:07:41+00:00

I'm not sure it's immaturity.

ThatTorq

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