TFC Engineer Vacancy

Don’t expect to earn massive sums at Humberside! If you wish to earn enough to be ‘comfortable’ I am afraid it will involve living away either on military fast jets or at Airbus!

Fancy a pay drop do you?

Not really Tony, no. Nor do I fancy living away from my family (I’ve done more than enough of that already). But with Humberside Airport just 20 mins away, it seems that if I decide to pull the plug on the mob, I’ll be adding to the time I’ve spent on big jets, which is most of my career. Warbirds are my passion (I spent 5 years volunteering at TFC, on a weekly basis), and like the lay of the land. Sadly, whether the money was there or not, it’s not the governing factor on whether I’d apply for the job, as logistically it’s jut too far.

I miss warbirds, very much.

Let me know when a pilot job appears please.

Moggy 😀

Applied for the OFMC many moons ago – and I was offered the job…

Definately for real and dedicated enthusiastic professionals…without families or pets.

Fancy a pay drop do you?

Very, very tempted.

I’m a maintenance engineer and I would have no problem accepting a lower wage to work with something I love. Of cause the wage needs to be realistic at some level (what people used to call a living wage), but I would certainly accept wages a good bit lower than standard airline pay. That said, I wouldn’t work cheap for someone who could easily afford to pay decent wages – so technically the offer is only extended to a minority of warbird operators.

In other words: in the right situation I would care little about wages, as long as I could cover the basics.

Thats all well and good if the house is paid for and the kids have left home and you want “beer” money, but in the real world a man wants good wages for the work and hours he’s going to do and the dead lines to meet.

Someone said low end of 20k well car mechanics earn that and top end “technicians” earn more.

If you don’t like the salary package on offer then don’t apply. The fact is TFC has a budget.

Don’t criticise those who are happy…

I was also in Avionics Repairs Orion , for 20 years , would anyone know on here if the BBMF still use a Marconi AD120 Radio in their Aircraft ? or have they upgraded ?

Not repair, I’m afraid, but design.

Regards

Regarding the cars in the TFC car park, any decent car you see parked outside will belong to members of the CAA, NOT the TFC engineers, whose cars are as follows:

Clapped out 12 year old Volvo V70.
Audi A4 with nearly 200,000 miles on the clock
A rusty Ford Fiesta
A £400 VW Golf
and 10 year old Mondeo

& back in the day….A Rover/Vought hybrid.. 😀

Regarding the cars in the TFC car park, any decent car you see parked outside will belong to members of the CAA, NOT the TFC engineers, whose cars are as follows:

Clapped out 12 year old Volvo V70.
Audi A4 with nearly 200,000 miles on the clock
A rusty Ford Fiesta
A £400 VW Golf
and 10 year old Mondeo

How bourgeois :p

Re cars in the TFC car park – I apologize, and stand corrected!!

Cars

Regarding the cars in the TFC car park, any decent car you see parked outside will belong to members of the CAA, NOT the TFC engineers, whose cars are as follows:

Clapped out 12 year old Volvo V70.
Audi A4 with nearly 200,000 miles on the clock
A rusty Ford Fiesta
A £400 VW Golf
and 10 year old Mondeo

I’m a maintenance engineer and I would have no problem accepting a lower wage to work with something I love. Of cause the wage needs to be realistic at some level (what people used to call a living wage), but I would certainly accept wages a good bit lower than standard airline pay. That said, I wouldn’t work cheap for someone who could easily afford to pay decent wages – so technically the offer is only extended to a minority of warbird operators.

In other words: in the right situation I would care little about wages, as long as I could cover the basics.

WE724..

Nice cars outside BECAUSE the wages are low. Only people who already have lots of spare cash can afford to work there.

Same thing with the wine trade, as my missus found out – classed as a ‘fun’ job, so paid as little as possible.. and also lets not forget that there isn’t a great deal of spare money available for salaries when there are old aeroplanes around to hoover it up..

There are far more people out there who kep historic aeroplanes flying who are far from millionaires, infact quite the opposite!! Yes you have the likes of Stephen Grey but they are the exception rather than the rule. Many are scrapping what they can from where they can to keep em flying!

Nail and head there well said.

My work was in avionics and telecoms, but I’d never work for love, at least not before I had the money! It seems to me that the millionaires who own these aeroplanes are exploiting the engineers who work on them.

Regards

There are far more people out there who kep historic aeroplanes flying who are far from millionaires, infact quite the opposite!! Yes you have the likes of Stephen Grey but they are the exception rather than the rule. Many are scrapping what they can from where they can to keep em flying!

I was also in Avionics Repairs Orion , for 20 years , would anyone know on here if the BBMF still use a Marconi AD120 Radio in their Aircraft ? or have they upgraded ?

Blimey, that seems a sad way of looking at things, I work in aviation for not an awful lot, but I love my job and would hate the day when I would have to consider something else.
So I can imagine people going for this job on similar grounds.

Also regarding rich pilots, undoubtedly many are, but I’ve encountered some real surprises in that regard lately.

It’s a realistic way, especially when you have a family to support.

Regards

Its just simple supply and demand … as long as people are willing to work for what is on offer, then thats all that will be offered …