Western Aircraft Reviews

I've watched them run off multiple female maintainers who have completely left the aviation industry. I watched as one female maintainer was refused Tech II with raise until she got her second rating and when she did they delayed her pay raise while they hired a male single rated mechanic 2 tech levels above her. I watched as another female maintainer met all the requirements for her Tech III and then was handed an additional list above and beyond what had been expected of her male peers for that same advancement. I watched as yet another female Tech II with her A&P IA pleaded with supervisors to be assigned the tasks required for a promotion while conveniently being assigned to other tasks. Then they hired a male powerplant mechanic as a Tech III and asked her to sign off his work. Yet another female structures mechanic was denied a promotion and raise even though she was the only maintainer certified to perform a specific modification and running jobs. Of those 4 female mechanics 3 have left Western and for certain 2 have left the aviation industry all together. Management is the epitome of the good ole boys club and when an employee comes to them with an issue is it excused or disregarded. If an employee tries to leave they do not try to resolve issues or work with the employee to retain them which is why they have a high turn over rate. Insurance is overpriced and under preforms, management takes no accountability for anything, the work environment is toxic and they try to make you work "mandatory overtime" with substandard wages.

Health Insurance is a joke, it is Obama Care at its worst. You will pay thousands out of pocket before their insurance company pays a penny. It looks good on paper, look closely at the fine print. The current engineering department is of little knowledge, blind leading the blind with production to match. think of an engineering group being led by Ronald McDonald and that is what this organization is. By the way, the family atmosphere is a bunch of stinky stuff. last but not least, dont buy into the overtime scam, you will not get overtime in engineering, they talk a good game. they keep changing their focus aircraft because the owners want to sell. They tried Falcon, BBJ's (epic fail), Bombardier, and now it is Gulfstream. Sorry folks, nobody is buying your sinking ship. ABANDON SHIP! ABANDON SHIP! WE'RE GOING DOWN!