AvTech04
Senior
My experience with the tech foreman was that you usually ended doing their dirty work, plus all your other assigned work. You worked FOR them not them helping you.They called the shots. Keep them in management. We don't need them. We mechanics can work our own mel"s etc... We don't need another level of authority in the union. Who is next the sups and managers?
That's tech support mechanics at AirTran too!! Exactly like that! They'll wright task cards, as of they were engineers, that'll have you troubleshoot a problem that's reoccurring on an A/C. You'll spend all night doing their task card and your regular workload and still not fix the MEL or yellow/Red letter. They are a good knowledge base when you need a quick answer to something, like where a relay might be located, but as far as troubleshooting problems, I think they more get in the way then actually help. Don't get me wrong, they've helped me figure a few things out in the past, but only when I called them and we brainstormed it together. Their attempt to proactively troubleshoot an item really does waste more time in my opinion, but still, a necessary evil whether they're union or not.