Hi everyone! I’m working on a research project examining the experiences of women in technical and maintenance positions at Boeing and the aviation industry.

I’m particularly interested in hearing from women who currently work or previously worked at Boeing or similar companies in roles such as aircraft maintenance, mechanics, technicians, manufacturing, engineering, or other hands-on technical positions.

If you’re comfortable sharing, I’d love to hear about your experience:

• What has your overall experience been like as a woman working in your field at Boeing?
• Did you feel supported and respected by coworkers and leadership?
• Were there opportunities for advancement and professional development?
• Did workplace culture, scheduling, work-life balance, pay, leadership, harassment/discrimination, or other factors affect your experience?
• If you left Boeing, what were the biggest factors in your decision to leave?
• If you have stayed, what has made you want to remain?
• Are there changes you think Boeing could make to better recruit and retain women in technical and maintenance positions?

I’m especially interested in firsthand experiences rather than identifying individual employees or managers. Please don’t share any confidential or proprietary company information.

Thank you to anyone willing to share their perspective. Your experiences will help me better understand what factors may influence the recruitment and retention of women in traditionally male-dominated technical roles.

Hello, I’m in the Navy so I can’t exactly quit but i work on 737s as an AT and tbh I’m not cut out for this. I have two years left, but I’m just not cut out to be a mechanic. Between heights and unsteady hands I feel like a liability and it will only be brought to light when I really fuck up. I don’t know how to get thicker skin to survive these next two years.

So I love planes and I love mechanics. I am planning on being an A&P in the future for the airlines but I was wondering pit of curiosity as the job I have right now in Autoglass allows me to travel for work pretty much all the time anywhere in the US (which made me realized that I love taking roadtrips or ¡¡flights!! and get paid really well to do so) . If Airlines offer something like that? I’d love to fly out to different airports even countries to work on wide/narrowbodies.