Tech. Crew Chief?
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A Tech Crew Chief is a mechanic that is supposed to be a fairly knowledgeable person that can help out with a task that you have never done, like an engine change, fuel control rig, etc.
I do believe they get a premium of $1.75 per hour more than a mechanic, same as a regular Crew Chief or Inspector.
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But with the down sizing of overhaul, you should see fewer of them out there.
There are Tech Crew Chiefs at the line stations too.
Our Tech Crew Chiefs are on site. I believe USAir has them or similar to what we have at AA but you have to call them and explain to them on the phone what the problem is and walk you through it. We have Tech services who do the same and issue MEL's. Should be interesting what will happen during the integration process. Who stays and who goes.
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TCC in my option is a position created because the regular Crew Chiefs that were bidding on jobs had no experience in the area they worked and they simply wanted the money..The first decade of my career usually the senior man on a crew would want to step up and crew chief when the position came available, now the best qualified wouldn't touch it because management tries to run everything so they created the TCC and the bidders go through a selection process..
I haven't had a CC that I respected for a while now.. They are just there to hand out paperwork and do the supervisors bidding. 20 years ago I had a chief that would stand up for his crew and in return we got the jobs he asked of us done plain and simple..
I am speaking of Base Maintenance and cannot say what the Line experience is!
I haven't had a CC that I respected for a while now.. They are just there to hand out paperwork and do the supervisors bidding. 20 years ago I had a chief that would stand up for his crew and in return we got the jobs he asked of us done plain and simple..
I am speaking of Base Maintenance and cannot say what the Line experience is!
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TCC's were created shortly after the AirCal merger. The line had Tech Foreman (Tech Services) in the field and they were pulled back in to TUL. TCC's can be on the floor or as classroom instructors. The production ones support the field for OJT, problem aircraft, and special projects. Classroom TCC's can teach fleet training, run up/taxi, and train contractors.
They have always been interview positions.
They have always been interview positions.
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So what make the TCC more knowledgeable than the Line person or the person on the floor doing the job? Where did they get the extra training or experience?
With our Tech Service or MOC, they are just plain 'ole Mechanics in a cubical behind a multi-screen computer that has access to instant information. (And those nasty, illegal "quickie books".) They generate the numbers for the MEL's and such, help with the CAT and RVSM and ETOPS.
But they do make more, and have a higher multiplier for the IAMNPF than we do. It's also an interview type position.
Don't know how you guys do it at AA but tell you what at my company I work in MC and we make less then the line does and we do far more than MC at other airlines. We do troubleshooting and reliability. Never seen so many top paid mechanics who cannot do the basic troubleshooting and I am nothing more than a "basic mechanic" who works a desk but I am expected to know more and get paid less for doing it. So I do not at my company get paid for issuing control numbers just sayin.
Fed Ex line mechs do not make 6 figs on straight time.
There really isn't any such thing as a "Top Paid Mechanic" in this industry anymore. Maybe that why many who are at the Max rate being offered to Aircraft mechanics at their place of employment don't bother troubleshooting anymore and try to dump it on the TCCs, because they can and they get paid the same either way.
Leads do sorry if my info was wrong but we DID make less than regular line guys then they matched us to Leads and they still have a better deal than we do in MC
