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Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania?
11/16/14 at 12:19:30

Hey all you Savages! I'm in the process of getting out of the Army after spending 6 years an a Blackhawk mechanic. I'm looking for a new career as a civilian aircraft mechanic, and I'm trying to research some places where I've found good openings. Does anybody here have experience around Columbus, GA? What about around Coatesville, PA, West of Philly? Anything that anybody could add would be appreciated.

Also, if anybody happens to know of companies hiring experienced, FAA licensed helicopter mechanics I'd be very grateful of any tips. This transition has been pretty nerve racking. Shocked

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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #1 - 11/16/14 at 14:58:05 i am from columbus ga, live just across the river in auburn, al now. whatcha want to know? where is the columbus job at?
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Reply #2 - 11/16/14 at 15:13:36

It's actually at Fort Benning working on Army Blackhawks, basically doing the same thing I'm doing now. From what I've read, the crime rate in Columbus looks pretty bad, but I know every place has good and bad parts of town. What is living like in Columbus? What is there to do? How is the climate? I've done some research, but there's nothing like first hand experience.

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Reply #3 - 11/16/14 at 15:29:21

you hit it with the crime. it has gotten worse over the last 10-15 years, one of the reasons i am happy to be in auburn now. if you live north of airport thruway up into harris county\fortson or east in midland or ellerslie you're ok. anything in the city or otherwise should be avoided. since the job is on base, you'll have to take i185 to work and it can be a bbastard but what you expect for the city of its size.

as far as things to do, nothing special. there is a new whitewater park but once you've been there it is what it is. night life downtown is fair as well as the north side of town at the primary shopping areas. dont do anything on victory drive by the base...that area is the ghetto and that's where the crime is. kinda depends on what interests you to say if it offers enough stuff that you would like.

the climate is ok. winters are good and rarely snow, occasional ice storm. otherwise just chilly. summers can be a b1tch if the humidity is bad, but this year was not too bad. if you're used to the humidity it's not too bad, but it is irritating when you're sweating at 8am no matter how used to it you are.

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Reply #4 - 11/16/14 at 16:15:50

Yeah, that's kind of what I was afraid of. Being a military base and the size of city Columbus is, I expected the main highway to always be packed. Killeen/Ft Hood is the same way. It seems that crime and military towns go hand in hand. Undecided

I really don't want to live in the Southeast Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina region, but this is a job that I'm extremely well qualified for. If I can't get any of the other positions I'm aiming for, I need to keep m mind open to this area.

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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #5 - 11/16/14 at 18:19:51 Go to Boeing in South Carolina and apply for a Quality position in the 787 program. Boeing is really big on hiring ex-military folk. At worse you could be a mechanic in the build, but you could just use that to get your foot in the door....
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HondaLavis Senior Member Offline It's nothing personal; the other one came first. Posts: 451 Plano, TX	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #6 - 11/16/14 at 19:33:47 The only opening Boeing has that I'm qualified for is an assembler, and they don't offer relocation assistance to move from TX to PA. The rest are all quality or engineering jobs that require degrees that I don't have.
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Todd James Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 238 Mansfield, Ohio Gender:	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #7 - 11/16/14 at 22:11:11 There are a number of helicopter aviation companies that serve the offshore oil and gas rigs. You might find an interesting job opening in a pleasant location in the Gulf area or in Florida. Google "oil company helicopter jobs".
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Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania
Reply #8 - 11/17/14 at 05:26:50

HondaLavis wrote on 11/16/14 at 16:15:50:

Yeah, that's kind of what I was afraid of. Being a military base and the size of city Columbus is, I expected the main highway to always be packed. Killeen/Ft Hood is the same way. It seems that crime and military towns go hand in hand. Undecided

I really don't want to live in the Southeast Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina region, but this is a job that I'm extremely well qualified for. If I can't get any of the other positions I'm aiming for, I need to keep m mind open to this area.

If it's the only opportunity and you know what you need to know you could make Columbus work. You'd just get some surprises if you went at it blind and moved into the wrong area unknowingly.

If anything else pans out in that area and I can be of any further advice let me know.

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Dane Allen Serious Thumper Offline Carpe Diem!! Posts: 1217 Riverside, CA Gender:	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #9 - 11/17/14 at 16:55:37 I thought all that maintenance moved down to Central America...are you familiar with Moog in Southern California? Hexcel is in Washington and has other locations around the country/world. They make aircraft and NASA parts on the CNC machines. Good luck!!!
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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: Looking for a new job: Georgia? Pennsylvania Reply #10 - 11/17/14 at 17:16:53 http://www.indeed.com/q-Helicopter-Mechanic-jobs.html does that help? I saw some postings there for the places you mentioned
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