Is avionics electronics a good field to go into?
November 16, 2009 - 8:28 am
mig 31 could you show me a web site that would give me more information?
Avionics would be a great field to venture into if you have the aptitude, being both lucrative and challenging. Its always the cutting edge in technology and many of the niceties of life today are spinoffs from pioneering Avionics research. Citing an example, about 80% of the cost of an F-15 aircraft is on its Avionics. As for choosing it as a career, you can go for a maintenance role with Airlines or design/development/testing for companies like Honeywell. I’d suggest a designing career as the consumer flying is booming and the need for providing better, more efficient and safer air travel is opening up a lot of career options.
November 16th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I personally do not think so. I had a friend who took classes for aviation mechanics and repair and he now drives a drywall truck. I do not know how it was in your area after 9/11, but here we had many hangers close down after the initial decrease in plane travel…they never re-opened.
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November 16th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
yes im not so sure about other city’s wages ,but in cincinnati ohio you can bring in about 150.000 Per year
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Yes, It is a great field to get into. I have about 4 friends of mine who are avionics mechanics and electronics. They are always so busy, looking for more staff all the time.
I don’t know why someone with this education would drive a drywall truck because even if you didn’t get your dream job right away, there is certainly something in the field much closer.
Go for it you will find something for sure and you will enjoy it as well. Good Luck
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Of all the engineering I have done avionics design was the most rewarding… well, that or missiles.
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November 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Avionics would be a great field to venture into if you have the aptitude, being both lucrative and challenging. Its always the cutting edge in technology and many of the niceties of life today are spinoffs from pioneering Avionics research. Citing an example, about 80% of the cost of an F-15 aircraft is on its Avionics. As for choosing it as a career, you can go for a maintenance role with Airlines or design/development/testing for companies like Honeywell. I’d suggest a designing career as the consumer flying is booming and the need for providing better, more efficient and safer air travel is opening up a lot of career options.
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Life! (I am an Avionics Engineer by profession)
November 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I’ve been doing it for 32 years, both in the USAF and as a civilian. With newer airplanes, it’s a matter of performing a test and replacing a box. The boxes are sent to repair facilities. The in-shop repair is also good, but takes more training, especially repairing multilayer boards. Of course, some of these boards are so inexpensive they are thrown away.
I was around in the days when we went to the airplane, troubleshot, brought the box in, repaired it, then reinstalled. Quite a satisfying job, but the USAF has gone downhill in that aspect. They are even closing all the base level repair shops, so all boxes will be sent to one repair station (depot).
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November 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
I am biased but the best Aviation field to get into is Pilot. If you don’t do that, the ones which I respect the most are the machanics and avionics personnel. It is hard work but if you love working with your mind and hands, its rewarding.
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November 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I think any field in aviation is a good field to be involved in. As far as avionics, they technology is changing and advancing everyday and I think it can be very rewarding. I worked a flight school for many years and we were constantly having upgrades and work done on the avionics in the planes.
If it something that you are interested in, I say go for it!
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http://www.jets.com/private_jets.aspx
http://www.legfind.com/