Re: What does the Mechanic get
> Not enough. It used to be 50% of the labor, but that is very rare now. The > costs of compliance with epa, osha, bar , very high insurance and workers > comp rates, defective parts, etc., adds up and most techs get less than they > used to, but are still expected to have 20-50K tied up in tools and > specailty tools that become obsolete with every design change. > A certified Master Auto Tech with 25 years experience still makes less than > a San Francisco Garbageman. Which is still more then a certified aircraft technician and the car mech. can write off all those tools he/she has to buy, an aircraft mech. gets to write ---- off as we as a whole are not classed as "skilled" (at least here in canada) were only recognized as "semi-skilled" go figure .. Snow ... |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
> Not enough. It used to be 50% of the labor, but that is very rare now. The > costs of compliance with epa, osha, bar , very high insurance and workers > comp rates, defective parts, etc., adds up and most techs get less than they > used to, but are still expected to have 20-50K tied up in tools and > specailty tools that become obsolete with every design change. > A certified Master Auto Tech with 25 years experience still makes less than > a San Francisco Garbageman. Which is still more then a certified aircraft technician and the car mech. can write off all those tools he/she has to buy, an aircraft mech. gets to write ---- off as we as a whole are not classed as "skilled" (at least here in canada) were only recognized as "semi-skilled" go figure .. Snow ... |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
> Not enough. It used to be 50% of the labor, but that is very rare now. The > costs of compliance with epa, osha, bar , very high insurance and workers > comp rates, defective parts, etc., adds up and most techs get less than they > used to, but are still expected to have 20-50K tied up in tools and > specailty tools that become obsolete with every design change. > A certified Master Auto Tech with 25 years experience still makes less than > a San Francisco Garbageman. Which is still more then a certified aircraft technician and the car mech. can write off all those tools he/she has to buy, an aircraft mech. gets to write ---- off as we as a whole are not classed as "skilled" (at least here in canada) were only recognized as "semi-skilled" go figure .. Snow ... |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
What's a San Francisco Sanit Worker make?
What's the age limit for hire? |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
What's a San Francisco Sanit Worker make?
What's the age limit for hire? |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
What's a San Francisco Sanit Worker make?
What's the age limit for hire? |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <figatmcttelecom.com> wrote in message
news:4004a4f7_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > They don't "do it because they can", Nathan. ive seen far to many examples of dealership abuse to buy any dealership sob stories about overhead and expenses. a large portion of the expense may be justified, but a lot of it goes to pay for dealership inefficiency and ineptness. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <figatmcttelecom.com> wrote in message
news:4004a4f7_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > They don't "do it because they can", Nathan. ive seen far to many examples of dealership abuse to buy any dealership sob stories about overhead and expenses. a large portion of the expense may be justified, but a lot of it goes to pay for dealership inefficiency and ineptness. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
"Jerry Newton" <figatmcttelecom.com> wrote in message
news:4004a4f7_1@newspeer2.tds.net... > They don't "do it because they can", Nathan. ive seen far to many examples of dealership abuse to buy any dealership sob stories about overhead and expenses. a large portion of the expense may be justified, but a lot of it goes to pay for dealership inefficiency and ineptness. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
Re: What does the Mechanic get
that came into effect here in the last year I believe.
Dave Milne, Scotland "Ed J." <ej_000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hn8900laj87aj1dsf4c363cesgk62ensm1@4ax.com... > On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 Jeepster wrote: > I just heard a story on the radio this week that some organization > representing independent shops is lobbying congress to require auto > makers to provide diagnostic information, schematics, etc to > independent shops. That would be a good thing, so it'll probably never > happen. |
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