Marine guest
02-16-2004, 22:19
Gentlemen,
I happened upon “pop a smoke” while searching about information on the helos. I have read a few posts and have found that there seems to be a tremendous wealth of experience and sound advice offered here. Thus I will definitely come back frequently to read.
First off, and most importantly, I would like to say a resounding thank-you for your service in Vietnam. I’m sure that many of you never got the recognition or even appreciation you deserved for serving your country when it called then.
I am a Marine like all of you. I am a fallen angel who was NPQ’d two months from my wings (long story which I’ll refrain from telling here). Since that time I have truly missed flying, esp the short time after beginners and intermediate which I was blessed to fly the helos. I chose to leave after my commitment and pursue grad school. I am not having trouble finding a job, just finding the “right” job were I believe I truly belong. Because my interest hasn’t waned in helicopter aviation, I am hoping to break into working on designing them. This desire coupled with my sincere interest to be a part of making our helicopters as safe and reliable as possible for future aircrews (I myself have already lost two friends, and I have countless other buddies still flying) leads me to request your assistance.
I have been working hard to get my foot in the door at Sikorsky and Bell (LM & Boeing as well) but the reality in this age of cut and paste resumes over the internet, is that networking is still pretty much the only real way to get a job. Additionally I believe in my case I have a perceived glass wall at the HR office when they see that don’t have an engineering degree. My bachelors (and my soon to be masters) is in Industrial Design. It’s very similar to an ME degree with less quality control and stress testing, etc and more human factors, aesthetics and marketing, but overall still product development. The main point is that I have aviation, manufacturing, materials, ergonomic, and now research experience and education and I’m having trouble getting into this arena.
So I figured that perhaps one of you (not surprisingly) went on to work in one of those companies related to military aviation, can relate to my interest to get back into that environment and might be able to help me out and offer some advice or contacts. My work (portfolio and resume are listed at: www.vojir.us (http://www.vojir.us) )
Thank you for any and all assistance that you are able provide.
Semper Fi,
Ryan J. Vojir
I happened upon “pop a smoke” while searching about information on the helos. I have read a few posts and have found that there seems to be a tremendous wealth of experience and sound advice offered here. Thus I will definitely come back frequently to read.
First off, and most importantly, I would like to say a resounding thank-you for your service in Vietnam. I’m sure that many of you never got the recognition or even appreciation you deserved for serving your country when it called then.
I am a Marine like all of you. I am a fallen angel who was NPQ’d two months from my wings (long story which I’ll refrain from telling here). Since that time I have truly missed flying, esp the short time after beginners and intermediate which I was blessed to fly the helos. I chose to leave after my commitment and pursue grad school. I am not having trouble finding a job, just finding the “right” job were I believe I truly belong. Because my interest hasn’t waned in helicopter aviation, I am hoping to break into working on designing them. This desire coupled with my sincere interest to be a part of making our helicopters as safe and reliable as possible for future aircrews (I myself have already lost two friends, and I have countless other buddies still flying) leads me to request your assistance.
I have been working hard to get my foot in the door at Sikorsky and Bell (LM & Boeing as well) but the reality in this age of cut and paste resumes over the internet, is that networking is still pretty much the only real way to get a job. Additionally I believe in my case I have a perceived glass wall at the HR office when they see that don’t have an engineering degree. My bachelors (and my soon to be masters) is in Industrial Design. It’s very similar to an ME degree with less quality control and stress testing, etc and more human factors, aesthetics and marketing, but overall still product development. The main point is that I have aviation, manufacturing, materials, ergonomic, and now research experience and education and I’m having trouble getting into this arena.
So I figured that perhaps one of you (not surprisingly) went on to work in one of those companies related to military aviation, can relate to my interest to get back into that environment and might be able to help me out and offer some advice or contacts. My work (portfolio and resume are listed at: www.vojir.us (http://www.vojir.us) )
Thank you for any and all assistance that you are able provide.
Semper Fi,
Ryan J. Vojir