[BC] Matching jobs and engineers

[Fred Gleason]

On Friday 05 September 2008 07:17:19 pm Ronald J. Dot'o Sr. wrote:
> I guess it's cheaper than training the troops and supplying test eqt.
> at each base, but still...

A lot of it is due to the physical construction of modern equipment.  Surface 
mount components require extremely specialized tools and skills to service at 
the component level.  An ET acquaintance that I knew in the Navy once told me 
that of those who go to '2M' school ('2M' == 'Micro miniature', where they 
teach precision soldiering), about two-thirds flunk out because they are 
physically unable to master the necessary techniques.  And this was in the 
mid-80s, before SMT came along.

Cheers!


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