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Fun fact, the people who maintain the airplanes we all use are labelled unskilled labor, as a cost savings measure by the airlines. They lobbied for it, to pay them less. Think about that next time you're on a plane.
AC maintenance for American Airlines is union
Former AA employee here
Union is nice, but it is still held back by the industry average, and there's as many union as non-union airlines. It's been a lot better since Covid for us but my point still stands that the skilled labor list is BS and as you well know there is a lot of skilled work in this field, but it's categorized incorrectly as a way of keeping costs low. From what I recall, Delta was the biggest player in that lobby effort.