Daily life of an Aircraft Mechanic Picture this. I was the new guy on the job. Almost everything I did was highly scrutinized. As with any busy FBO, mechanics are pulled off one job to go work on a job that has suddenly higher priority. You are constantly switching gears mentally and trying to regroup. It is one thing that makes our job as GA mechanics so hard. But, its also part of what makes it rewarding. At the end day you can look back and see just how much you accomplished, whether that’s through work orders completed, or hours billed, or callouts responded to. However you want to quantify it, it is usually a lot and quite varied in content. Aircraft Maintenance Schedules One day I was doing an oil change on an SR22T. Routine, easy maintenance. In my opinion, changing oil with a quick drain, on a 6 cylinder recip, is easier than most modern cars. I had just cut open and inspected the filter when a Ci...