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Anyone work in the Aviation sector?

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    Anyone work in the Aviation sector?

    I am a fan of all things aviation, and with 7 years in IT now behind me have struggled to find a single position being offered with an aviation related firm. Actually, I lie. There was one but they never got back to me despite me chasing for 6 months!

    Anyway, just interested to find out if anyone knows where I should go looking for IT jobs in this specific industry?

    Thanks

    #2
    KLM in the Netherlands used to employ a lot of IT Contractors in the past, if you would be OK working away from the UK

    What area of IT are you in?

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      #3
      BAE Systems/CSC

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        #4
        I dont but have a colleague who did, worked on air traffic control systems, no scope for cr*p code there . According to him its very hard to get into he had a PHD in Physics, to hardcore for me.

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          #5
          I can be anyone of the following: Directory/Mail Migration Engineer, 3rd Line Support, Server Support or Sys Admin. I'm mostly a MS person with good mix of AD, Exchange and SQL. Maybe that's what the problem is?

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            #6
            I worked for BAA last year, but then that spanish outfit bought them out and projects got cancelled.

            Last I heard they want to lay off a few thousand people, so now might not be the right time.

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              #7
              Anyone work in the Aviation sector?
              Lots of people do. HTH.

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                #8
                Well, I'd love to hear from you should there be any opportunities!

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                  #9
                  Try Zenon Aviation Recruitment

                  www.zenon.aero
                  01483 852786

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by MobileCheese View Post
                    I dont but have a colleague who did, worked on air traffic control systems, no scope for cr*p code there . According to him its very hard to get into he had a PHD in Physics, to hardcore for me.
                    My last client! For them experience counts more than qualification. Really interesting work though.
                    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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