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Airline mechanics may find jobs up north
By STEVE HUETTEL
Published July 31, 2006
Things might be looking up for former US Airways and Delta mechanics who lost their jobs when the airlines shuttered their maintenance hangars at Tampa International. If they don't mind moving to a small town north of the Florida Panhandle. Representatives of Pemco World Air Services will hold a job fair in Tampa on Wednesday to fill about 150 jobs at its commercial aircraft repair facility in Dothan, Ala. The company performs maintenance on jets flown by airlines like Northwest, Southwest and Alaska. There is a certain irony here. US Airways and Delta laid off hundreds of mechanics in bankruptcy and shifted work to cheaper contractors like Pemco. Average pay for a top licensed mechanic is around $18.50 an hour, well less than the airlines paid but better than locals might be earning, said human relations director Fran Henry. "Our feeling is there might be a lot of aircraft people still in Tampa doing $10-an-hour auto mechanic jobs," he said. The job fair is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance complex at 9215 N Florida Ave.
[Last modified July 31, 2006, 06:00:09]
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