There has been talk about bringing the Battery shop, and the O2 shop back in house.
I worked in Pit for 15 years as an A&P mechanic and for 15 years all they did was send all our work out to vendors.
I was right next to the battery shop when they dumped it. I remember an old timer literally crying on his decision to retire who had many years in the battery shop, yes crying. That was with close to 40 years seniority and BEFORE the slaughter the employees and still that guy was crying, today he probably would commit suicide.
Now everyone has the right to cry because that work is forever gone along with the wages and benefits, hopes and dreams. It's amazing to watch airline employees react to such dire circumstances. They put a very positive spin on all the bad news to help keep their sanity intact.
At one time and just like the Mills used to be, the airlines were THE place to work, nowadays they are no different then the sweat shops that corporate Americas wants everything work place to become, and they are succeeding by leaps and bounds.
I remember how the A&P tickets meant everything and getting them meant you had it made for life now it’s just a little piece of paper with the FAA name on it collecting dust and worth about as much.
Going into the aviation field these days knowing it’s realities doesn’t even make sense to a clear thinking individual. Unless you are an executive the benefits are simply no longer there for a young person to seriously consider making it a career of choice. The glamour is long gone with it the high wages and benefits and security. I’d rather be stationed in a Siberian ice station because the conditions would not be so brutal, and you would keep your sanity.