Air Nz pays Fight attendants more than Aircraft Technicians. It takes about 6 weeks to train to become a flight attendant, it takes about 4 years to train as an aircraft fixer scum person. A hangover from Colonial rule, if your position is in the sky, i.e pilot, flight attendant you are god. engineers are scum. My official position at Airnz after 4 years of training at a cost of $48k ……was “aircraft worker”. Be a pilot or flight attendant or find a position outside the industry.

The military hates aircraft fixer people and as such they cannot become officers. An aircraft technician with 30 years experience has to salute a trainee pilot with 3 hours logbook time.