Austin Stein

I worked for Fedex at Alliance Airport as a Material Handler doing inventory work, aircraft up and downloading, truck trailer up and downloading, and inspections of loading devices using various equipment such as forklifts, cargo tractors, and lifts. Due to it being an airport, I had to adhere to FAA and the specific airports standards, with the work being very sensitive as a mistake would lead to tens of thousands of delays, injury, or damage to aircraft or the trucks. My work included but was not limited to:

• Operating cargo Tugs towing multiple cargo containers to and from aircraft loading docks
• Generating and submitting various loading instructions and manifest documents of various cargo
• Instructing the loading and unloading of truck trailers and aircraft including hazardous materials
• Performing cycle counts and inventory control to accurately track product levels.

While working here was fun, I wanted to pursue my passion of cars and tinkering, so I quit and joined NTB/Mavis

At Mavis my responsibilities are performing basic maintenance on vehicles such as oil, tires, brakes, alignments, and batteries. We do inspections of common wear items on any vehicles that come into the shop (suspension, brakes, batteries, filters, etc,) and diagnose cars with faults related to those parts.

While most of this is stuff I was already familiar with, I really joined Mavis because I thought I would start by getting entry level experience to then be promoted to an actual Technician position. However it's becoming apparent that probably won't happen due to the current state of it's management, with other employees already gone or leaving.