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Textron Aviation

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Dualality of life, what they say and what they want are definitly at play with Cessna! - Aircraft Mechanic Textron Aviation Employee Review

2.0
29 Nov 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The wages' and benifits' are very good compared to alot of companies.

Cons

I don't know how it is in Wichita, but the service centers acrosss the country they treat you like a number and not a person. I felt that company did not value the work that we did. Maybe it's because in Kansas they are union and the outlaying centers are salaried non-exempt employees. It was more of a philosiphy of " work harder, work faster and you're going to work the weekend, right?". A comment was made by a senior management that they could replace us with a bunch of trained monkeys to do our jobs! At least that was the rumor that was spread. I personally did not hear it. But the way I was treated, I can believe it. I was pulled into the service center managers office and told that " I did not impress him with my work ethic and professonalism". This was after 12 years of service and not one negative review. I had lead our center for four years in the amount of overtime put in. And changed shifts to be the lead mechanic, at there request. And my manager tells me he is not "impressed"! To say the least I was very confused and disappointed. Why would you put a person you do not feel is worthy in a position of leadership? If he is not meeting your expectations, on three seperate occasions. You can do well at Cessna if you are given the right atmosphere and connections. Good Luck.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

The most chill aviation job I have ever worked at. No regular near weekly audits , no micro management from supervisors. No incompetent tool crib attendant to deal with. All smaller tools like torque wrenches, safety cable guns, mega ohm meters, etc are in a vending machine style tool bin manager. QA is very knowledgeable and extremely fast when placing a call with them for an inspection, or witnessing torque or anything. I've never had to wait more than 10 mins, even when they are short handed a person. As far as the whole parts procurement dept and the parts runners go they seem pretty legit as well. Doesn't matter if I need a hyd pump, a press switch or just a bag of screws. If I don't get the part that day within a few mins to hours, its there the next day.

Cons

The only thing I can really nitpick is that the factory and the service center hangers have A/C. But not where im at ☹️

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