I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show "PrecisionMachinisT"
wrote back on Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:11:01
-0800 in rec.crafts.metalworking :

During the time I was with Boeing, I held at least temporary union
classifications for lathes, milling machines, boring mill, grinding
machine,
cnc multiple tool, machine cell operator, maintenance machinist,
toolmaker
and probly a few more.

I never went through their apprentice program though--why should I
.....that
would have meant substantial pay cut right at the get-go......

But does this all mean Im not *really* a machinist ???

Ummm, take it up with either the union or management, which ever you
think will get you the answer you want. :-)


Perhaps you missed the part about how I "was with Boeing"

Looks like I did. My goof.

--something was rotten in Denmark, and so I bailed...

Before Condit or Stonecipher? Yee gads, that is a company with
internal problems.

Seldom do I look back......

Same here. Unless I'm in reverse. Then it is a good idea.



--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."