A Career Restart
Working as an aviation technician gives people like me the freedom to do what we love on our own terms and with less pressure, so we can actually enjoy it.
Alex Fisher
Myrtle Beach Campus, SC
Programs:
Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT)
Employment:
American Airlines, Line Avionics Technician
After playing and teaching music for nearly a decade, Alex Fisher decided to master a whole new set of instruments: he changed careers to become an aircraft mechanic.
“I have a Master’s Degree in Music Performance, but when I was applying for part-time adjunct teaching jobs I couldn’t even get an interview,” says Fisher. “That’s because there’s so much competition for those jobs, even part-time positions were going to people with Doctorates.”
Fisher’s PIA training paid off when he was hired as a Line Avionics Technician for American Airlines, a steady job that still enables him to play music on the side. “Music is a lot more fun now that I don’t have to depend on it for a living,” says Fisher, who picks up occasional gigs in the orchestra for local musicals. “Working as an aviation technician gives people like me the freedom to do what we love on our own terms and with less pressure, so we can actually enjoy it.”