Work in aviation

Tomthumb · 17th August 2006, 23:11

From posts I have seen around here it looks like lots of people work in aviation.

How many of you do?

I do

WoolyCiv · 17th August 2006, 23:19

Me too

(always looking up at arcraft)

Tomthumb · 17th August 2006, 23:32

PS I am an lisensed avionics engineer. B2 with 747-100/200 B747-400 B737-300/400/500 B777-200 A319/20/21

I get told off for looking up at them

thiswilldo · 18th August 2006, 00:17

I am as well...not planes but the guided things that shoot 'em out of the sky, if you get my drift.

WoolyCiv · 18th August 2006, 00:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomthumb

PS I am an lisensed avionics engineer. B2 with 747-100/200 B747-400 B737-300/400/500 B777-200 A319/20/21

I get told off for looking up at them

We don't bother with all that licensing stuff, after all we only make things that they stick bombs and stuff on

Big-Chris · 18th August 2006, 08:17

I'm not technically in the aviation business, but my background is definitely aerospace: I have a degree in Aeronautics and Manufacture, I worked for 4 years for a company making gas turbines, and before that a company that made top secret defence stuff.

Now I work as a consultant specialising in Lean Manufacturing and Process Improvement, it's a good job and pays well, and like I said in a previous post I am currently working with BAE at Warton on the new Nimrod (well, for another week anyway!)

[shameless spam] If any of you guys are looking, or your companies are looking, for some support in process improvement/lean expertise PM me

[/shameless spam]

elfa7 · 18th August 2006, 09:14

Hey Chris, when you say the new Nimrod, do you mean a development of the old Comet !!!

. Personally, I think its been an absolute waste of money.
When you look back, we had the TSR2, just got it flying, then scrapped it, and bought the Phantom, I think.
We had a superb aircraft with the English Electric Lightening too.

elfa7 · 18th August 2006, 09:17

Sorry, should have been Lightning.

Big-Chris · 18th August 2006, 09:24

I agree entirely elfa, the TSR2 was a cracking airframe (allbeit with a few 'bugs'), why we ever bought phantom I'll never know.

the Nimrod I'm working on is the MRA4, an 'all-new' aircraft that just happens to look like all the others dating back to the 1940's designed Comet. Actually I think almost every feature of this a/c has been designed from scratch - I think it's just nostalgia that' kept it looking the same as the older Nimrods.

The lightning was a lovely aircraft too, they have one at Warton as a display a/c, it's such a shame that British Aircraft don't really happen anymore, when they do they are in partnership with other countries (Eurofighter and JSF for example)

I yearn for the glory days of british aviation, the 40's and 50's

johnd · 18th August 2006, 09:44

Hi all worked for Bae Dynamics for 10 years and now been with Airbus for 9 years.

elfa7 · 18th August 2006, 10:16

Big-Chris, I think its to do with our "Special Relationship". We buy from them -- our industry sacrificed.

Pottsy · 18th August 2006, 13:29

I now fly the A320 series (A319 at the mo) so spend all day watching it make its way around the skies...

richierich · 18th August 2006, 14:42

All sounds very impressive, I'm a Chemical Engineer selling Tank Cleaning Equipment to Pharma, Food & Biotech companies, if I want to be poncey about it I would say I was involved in process improvement and waste reduction. But I'm not, so I sell glorified shower heads.

Jazz · 18th August 2006, 14:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by richierich

All sounds very impressive, I'm a Chemical Engineer selling Tank Cleaning Equipment to Pharma, Food & Biotech companies, if I want to be poncey about it I would say I was involved in process improvement and waste reduction. But I'm not, so I sell glorified shower heads.

i used to sell chemicals and too... food (mostly), pharma and industrial chemicals to manufacturers in malaysia.

allan40alt · 18th August 2006, 14:53

Hi Big-Chris, loved your little animated plane. It looked like a Spitfire at first, but I have a feeling it's a Hurricane.

elfa7 · 18th August 2006, 15:18

Yes, it appears to have the hump behind the cockpit.

stretch · 19th August 2006, 01:01

use to live down the road from warton and watched them test the EFA prototypes and they let me do a project once at DERA (as was) in Farnborough but guess that doesn't count

Tomthumb · 19th August 2006, 06:49

A320 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Just spent half a night wasting my time on one of those.

Give me a 737 any time

Pottsy · 19th August 2006, 07:04

We've gone from the 737 to the A319, and we hear that noise from our engineers too. The look of happiness when we bring it back unbroken! But from our perspective, you'd have to pay me double to go back to the Boeing. No, make it triple.

Tomthumb · 19th August 2006, 15:51

I can think of one positive about the 320. The pull out table is very good for putting the log on.

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17th August 2006, 23:19	#2 (permalink)
WoolyCiv 12th June 2006 1.8EX Rocketship door handle Join Date: 28th May 2006 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Me too (always looking up at arcraft)

17th August 2006, 23:32	#3 (permalink)
Tomthumb Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Top of Surrey Posts: 179 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	PS I am an lisensed avionics engineer. B2 with 747-100/200 B747-400 B737-300/400/500 B777-200 A319/20/21 I get told off for looking up at them

18th August 2006, 00:17	#4 (permalink)
thiswilldo Supporter Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 27th June 2006 Location: Plymouth. UK. Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am as well...not planes but the guided things that shoot 'em out of the sky, if you get my drift.

18th August 2006, 08:17	#6 (permalink)
Big-Chris Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 31st July 2006 Location: Lincoln Posts: 178 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm not technically in the aviation business, but my background is definitely aerospace: I have a degree in Aeronautics and Manufacture, I worked for 4 years for a company making gas turbines, and before that a company that made top secret defence stuff. Now I work as a consultant specialising in Lean Manufacturing and Process Improvement, it's a good job and pays well, and like I said in a previous post I am currently working with BAE at Warton on the new Nimrod (well, for another week anyway!) [shameless spam] If any of you guys are looking, or your companies are looking, for some support in process improvement/lean expertise PM me [/shameless spam]

18th August 2006, 09:14	#7 (permalink)
elfa7 Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 8th May 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,700 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey Chris, when you say the new Nimrod, do you mean a development of the old Comet !!! . Personally, I think its been an absolute waste of money. When you look back, we had the TSR2, just got it flying, then scrapped it, and bought the Phantom, I think. We had a superb aircraft with the English Electric Lightening too.

18th August 2006, 09:17	#8 (permalink)
elfa7 Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 8th May 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,700 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sorry, should have been Lightning.

18th August 2006, 09:24	#9 (permalink)
Big-Chris Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 31st July 2006 Location: Lincoln Posts: 178 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree entirely elfa, the TSR2 was a cracking airframe (allbeit with a few 'bugs'), why we ever bought phantom I'll never know. the Nimrod I'm working on is the MRA4, an 'all-new' aircraft that just happens to look like all the others dating back to the 1940's designed Comet. Actually I think almost every feature of this a/c has been designed from scratch - I think it's just nostalgia that' kept it looking the same as the older Nimrods. The lightning was a lovely aircraft too, they have one at Warton as a display a/c, it's such a shame that British Aircraft don't really happen anymore, when they do they are in partnership with other countries (Eurofighter and JSF for example) I yearn for the glory days of british aviation, the 40's and 50's

18th August 2006, 09:44	#10 (permalink)
johnd Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 27th June 2006 Location: Bath Posts: 139 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi all worked for Bae Dynamics for 10 years and now been with Airbus for 9 years.

18th August 2006, 10:16	#11 (permalink)
elfa7 Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 8th May 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,700 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Big-Chris, I think its to do with our "Special Relationship". We buy from them -- our industry sacrificed.

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Pottsy Administrator Civinfo guru Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 4,760 Thanks: 7 Thanked 61 Times in 32 Posts	I now fly the A320 series (A319 at the mo) so spend all day watching it make its way around the skies...

18th August 2006, 14:42	#13 (permalink)
richierich Smell My Cheese! Rocketship door handle Join Date: 17th May 2006 Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire Posts: 1,843 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	All sounds very impressive, I'm a Chemical Engineer selling Tank Cleaning Equipment to Pharma, Food & Biotech companies, if I want to be poncey about it I would say I was involved in process improvement and waste reduction. But I'm not, so I sell glorified shower heads.

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allan40alt Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 6th August 2006 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire. Posts: 2,138 Thanks: 6 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	Hi Big-Chris, loved your little animated plane. It looked like a Spitfire at first, but I have a feeling it's a Hurricane.

18th August 2006, 15:18	#16 (permalink)
elfa7 Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 8th May 2006 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,700 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes, it appears to have the hump behind the cockpit.

19th August 2006, 01:01	#17 (permalink)
stretch Supporter Wheelnut Join Date: 13th July 2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 58 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	use to live down the road from warton and watched them test the EFA prototypes and they let me do a project once at DERA (as was) in Farnborough but guess that doesn't count

19th August 2006, 06:49	#18 (permalink)
Tomthumb Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Top of Surrey Posts: 179 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A320 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Just spent half a night wasting my time on one of those. Give me a 737 any time

19th August 2006, 07:04	#19 (permalink)
Pottsy Administrator Civinfo guru Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 4,760 Thanks: 7 Thanked 61 Times in 32 Posts	We've gone from the 737 to the A319, and we hear that noise from our engineers too. The look of happiness when we bring it back unbroken! But from our perspective, you'd have to pay me double to go back to the Boeing. No, make it triple.

19th August 2006, 15:51	#20 (permalink)
Tomthumb Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th August 2006 Location: Top of Surrey Posts: 179 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I can think of one positive about the 320. The pull out table is very good for putting the log on.