it just seems like it never gets any better. All I want is a job that pays me enough to live with a straight seven in the morning until 4:00 or 5:00 in the evening Monday through Friday schedule.
I just want an honest days pay for an honest day's work. I mean there are jobs out there like that, but when they advertise, my application is getting drowned out in the stack of like 200 other people who are competing for the same damn role. when the hell is the economy going to get better so I could finally get my damn foot in the door? how the hell am I supposed to buy a house when most jobs don't even pay enough to cover rent for a one bedroom apartment? when are we going to get those manufacturing jobs back and transition out of this stupid fucking low-wage service economy? I just keep seeing things getting more and more expensive and I really don't give a shit about all this political fucking theater when at the end of the day I'm still getting squeezed just as hard as I was under Joe Biden.
I transfered to NDI last year for a few months,took the eddy current test and had a perfect score. But the management was all jacked up and I didn't like they way they worked. So I went back to sheet metal. We had way more fun working and the pay was the same for us,and it might even have dropped me down several grades when I got certified. IDK
thats unfortunate. Congratz on passing the Eddy Current test. I dont know if they provided the 3 part standard test or not, i.e. ASNT Level II ET test, but its not an easy test to pass, to certify, unless you know what you are doing and understand the theory behind the method. I was essentially the Level III in 9 methods for organizations I worked for and contracted with. Also for ET I moved on and did advanced Eddy Current inspections, (ECA) eddy current array and (PEC) pulsed eddy current, for about 8 years and can be very lucrative because its not inundated with certified techs yet, or wasnt at least.
Sounds like you are at the top of thefield for sure,but i will retire by the time I'm certified,I also needed mag particle and X ray and die penetrant, just to get the pay grade I already have. I wanted a job a little easier as I was working heavy structure, I was changing terminal fittings and Trunions and wing skins,spars and beams and stuff like that. Now I work in a much easier shop....
If you decide to get MT, PT, RT certifications feel free to reach out. I am an "expert" in those methods. Have over 110K hours in the field in those methods along with ET and UT and others.