Few Observations

Don Hammer wrote:
The reality is there are less than half the A&P schools now than there
were 10 years ago. All the WWII trained mechs are either dead or
retired. Very few young people are going in to my chosen profession
and with the current salary's in small aircraft shops, why would they?
The few that get their tickets are either going into the large
aircraft business or more often working on cars or semi's where they
can earn a decent living.

There are a several meticulous A&Ps in my area. However, most of them
got their A&P (and IA in one case) so that they could work on their own
airplane. The generally won't work on random people's airplanes,
though, because of the liability. Their day-job pays the bills.

-Luke