Aerospace contractor UK?

[gingerjedi]

After 5 years as a support monkey I've been finding it harder and harder to secure contracts at a decent rate... support is dead!

So I've decided to go back to the aerospace industry as a quick search has turned up quite a few interesting opportunities, all I have to do is think of a plausible explanation of why I wasn't interested in engineering for the last 5 years!

Does anyone know of a forum for aerospace contractors?

[AtW]

Does anyone know of a forum for aerospace contractors?

Try this one.

[Francko]

After 5 years as a support monkey I've been finding it harder and harder to secure contracts at a decent rate... support is dead!

Well, it's not dead, it just speaks another more exotic language.

[gingerjedi]

Well, it's not dead, it just speaks another more exotic language.

¿Qué?

[scooterscot]

IT support to Avonics engineer? You taking the £$%3

[gingerjedi]

IT support to Avonics engineer? You taking the £$%3

I spent 12 years working for Westland Helicopters, I was made redundant and at the time IT seemed like an exciting new challenge, times have changed and I have lost my enthusiasm somewhat.

[scooterscot]

Well you've got experience on your side, but.... 5 years out of the game.

Perhaps you need to take whatever Engineer related job you can find to build that experience back up again regardless of rate. Don't think there's a quicker way than that.

[gingerjedi]

Well you've got experience on your side, but.... 5 years out of the game.

Perhaps you need to take whatever Engineer related job you can find to build that experience back up again regardless of rate. Don't think there's a quicker way than that.

Thats my plan!

[DimPrawn]

Become a plumber. Say on a TV prog recently that an employee plumber in London pulls in a salary of £100K p.a. Pimlico Plumbers or something.

Not bad for swapping out a tap washer for the likes of sasguru.

[scooterscot]

Thats my plan!

Get into CVF that would set you up for a number of years...