Aircraft repair jobs sold to foreign workers, resumes not important

2009 July 5

  • A News 8 investigation found that hundreds of aircraft mechanics have been brought into the United States to work at aircraft repair facilities. Insiders say the companies that are importing the mechanics are so eager to save money, they’re overstating their qualifications. The result may be a threat to safety, abetted by lax enforcement of immigration law.

    At daybreak any morning at San Antonio Aerospace, hundreds of workers amble through the gates for the day shift. They repair big jets like Airbuses, Boeing 757s and MD-11s. But, despite the fact that it’s a huge facility in the middle of the San Antonio International Airport, a large number of the mechanics are only temporary workers from foreign countries.\n\nNews 8 found they’re from Mexico, the Philippines and Chile, among other places……..

    tags: aircraft mechanic, immigrants, news

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