jetmechjer said:
I dont think so.........ya see Southwest has the lowest raitio of aircraft technicians to aircraft owned by that airline than almost anyone in the US. That is what scares me about them flying over downtown Dallas everyday. You boisterous southwest people remind me of the cocky Eastern employees of years past. But you probably dont remember that because you are wet behind the ears and you are blinded by all the promises of a regional airline, wanna be real airline.  As I said in my original post ..........when the fuel hedges end the old family LUV fest will end and you cocky wanna be a real airline employees will be knocked off your high horses.  This is not vendictive or wishful thinking, it is 30 plus years of experience in the real airline business talking. Sorry Ya'll the LUV FEST will be comeing to a surpriseing and abrupt ending. And then I will say welcome to the real airline world! You should have kept the agreement you made at love field and remained a regional airline!Â
  Also being a real aircraft technician with a real airline I am experienced in at least 5 airliners at any given time. I would be boared working on only one aircraft!!  The 737 only, for life!!! I dont think so!! I want a real challenge!!!
I bet you wanna be's know part numbers by heart and you dream of working on a wide body at night!
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Dude, you have some anger issues, or perhaps its "airline envy".
So you're saying because you work on heavys that you're more of a AMT than a guy working on a Piper? I guess you're one of those guys who thinks having a bigger rollaway toolbox means you're a better AMT than a guy with a small box? Again, its getting back to the envy thing. You seem to be a insecure guy, grow up dude.
I've worked for a airline that had heavy's, trust me, those AMT's there were not better AMT's nor were they worse than at SWA. I found it was up to the individual mech as to how good they were. I met plenty of good mechs at U, AMR, and some other airlines but to say they are real AMTs because they work on heavy's is STUPID. You're a good AMT because you are well trained and experienced, not because you work on heavy jets, I hope passengers reading this board can see the mentality some AMT's have at some heavy airlines.
I work on our jets EVERYDAY and I come across new problems all the time. One can never say they know the a/c completely as that is when they get too big for their britches. I have challenges all the time on our a/c, all I have found is I get to know the 737 pretty well, while you get to NOT know, as you say, "5 airliners at any given time", pretty well, lol. I remember hearing all the time at a former "heavy" airline, "I don't know anything about the 767", or, "ask Tom, he knows that a/c pretty well". In other words, you're a jack of all trades, master of none. However I do know AMT's at other airlines that are very, very good at more than one type of a/c, but they do not run around trying to convince everyone around them of how good they are.
BTW, that regional airline crack shows you are not only ingorant of AMTs but also of commercial airlines in general. SWA boards more people in America than any airline in the USA. We are close to boarding more passengers than any airline in the world, put that in your pipe and smoke it.
That aside--I'll take my chances with a mechanic who specializes on one type aircraft rather than a jack of all trade. I'll also bet a SWA mechanic accomplishes three times the maintenance you do per hour. I guess that explains why your employer needs so many AMTs. 
