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Know Any Airplane Mechanics?…
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 June 6, 2023 | JOBS | […] Replenishing a workforce diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since is a growing problem in such fields as construction, manufacturing, nursing and some professional industries like accounting. In the airline industry, more than one-third of mechanics are between 55 and 64, according to government data. Fewer than one in 10 are under 30. “Everybody’s getting ready to retire, and not enough people are coming in to take the jobs,” said Mike Myers, a maintenance manager for Piedmont Airlines in Hagerstown, a regional feeder for American Airlines. The new graduates of the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics have been awed by how much they’re in demand. One of them, Will Gower, said he weighed multiple job offers at nearly twice the $15-an-hour wage he had earned at the retail job he held while in school. “It was almost overwhelming how many companies were throwing jobs at you,” said Gower, 21. “Anywhere there’s an airport, you can go work.” Associated Press AP PHOTO/GENE J. PUSKAR
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