Since I last updated my blog here quite a bit has changed. first of I finished full time classes at Moody Aviation. Im not 100% done yet. I have two more classes that I need to take care of. I would have had them finished this semester but God provide a great new job for me. About two month's ago I got a job woking at an aircraft paint facility called Associated Painters at the international airport. They needed people with mechanics licences to eventually help with line checks and other maintenance needs. So far Ive worked on Boing 737's, De Havilland Twin Otters's, and Bombardier CRJ700's. Working on these big jets is different than what I worked on at Moody. But I welcome the chance to expand my knowledge of aviation. Right now I mainly help prep for paint. This includes striping, sanding and masking. After my three month review they will teach me to paint.
Associated Painters has the contract to paint half of Southwest Airlines 737's. At Spokane's facility we paint six of these airplanes a month. Thats completely finishing a 737 in five days.
These last three weeks Ive been down in Dallas Texas. I attended Southwest Airlines 737 general familiarization class. Basically Associated sent me to Texas, all expenses payed, to learn how a 737 works. It was a very intence three weeks of eight hours of class a day, five days a week. Sending me to this class was to prepare me for working as a mechanic as well as a painter.
Here are just a few pictures of Southwests facilities in Dallas.
