The Hammer
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- Jul 28, 2006
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Good auto mechanics aren’t easy to find, and when you do get a good one, you stick with him, knowing you’ve found a guy who can tune, service, and maintain your car in tip top running order.
Now I like cars - especially those “top of the range” vehicles like Ferrari and Rolls Royce. Unfortunately for me, they’re way out of my league financially, however, if I were ever fortunate enough to be able to own one, I’d make sure the guy in charge of maintaining it knew what he was doing.
To qualify as a motor mechanic, the apprentice will spend somewhere between 3 and 5 years training, before becoming qualified, which is quite a while, when you consider an airline CEO isn’t required to hold any qualifications at all, yet are paid 100’s if not 1,000’s of times the salary of a good car mechanic.“So what’s the connection between an airline CEO, and a good auto mechanic?”, I hear you say.
Let’s take a look.
A car, like an airline, is something that has already been constructed and is pretty much intact, when acquired by its owner (the shareholders). It might be running well, and just need a small tweak here or there, or some minor modifications to get it purring.
On the other hand, it may require some major work - an engine or transmission overhaul, replacement of some obsolete parts, or an upgrade in the running gear.
But the basic shape remains the same - the mechanic hasn’t had to design the vehicle from the ground up.The automobile designer and manufacturer did that for him.
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Now I like cars - especially those “top of the range” vehicles like Ferrari and Rolls Royce. Unfortunately for me, they’re way out of my league financially, however, if I were ever fortunate enough to be able to own one, I’d make sure the guy in charge of maintaining it knew what he was doing.
To qualify as a motor mechanic, the apprentice will spend somewhere between 3 and 5 years training, before becoming qualified, which is quite a while, when you consider an airline CEO isn’t required to hold any qualifications at all, yet are paid 100’s if not 1,000’s of times the salary of a good car mechanic.“So what’s the connection between an airline CEO, and a good auto mechanic?”, I hear you say.
Let’s take a look.
A car, like an airline, is something that has already been constructed and is pretty much intact, when acquired by its owner (the shareholders). It might be running well, and just need a small tweak here or there, or some minor modifications to get it purring.
On the other hand, it may require some major work - an engine or transmission overhaul, replacement of some obsolete parts, or an upgrade in the running gear.
But the basic shape remains the same - the mechanic hasn’t had to design the vehicle from the ground up.The automobile designer and manufacturer did that for him.
Discussion continued on PIREP.org
PIREP.org :: View topic - Why airline CEOs should be paid motor mechanic's wages.