Twenty-two years with the A and P and here is the thing I would tell…

Ray Ortiz · Aircraft Mechanic at Lone Star Jet Services · Dallas, TX

Twenty-two years with the A and P and here is the thing I would tell someone starting. This trade pays you for judgment, not for turning wrenches. Anybody can follow a manual. You get paid for the moment you look at something that passes inspection and decide it should not fly anyway.

2 comments

Luz Bermudez

paid for judgment not for turning wrenches. writing that in the front of the notebook

Priya Raman

And it is why I read the writeups. I am trusting your judgment before I ever see the airplane.