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When I got out of high school in 1965 I worked for the Dept. of Agriculture cotton classification division here in GA. $1.25 hr. That fall I began working as a tool and die makers apprentice-$1.25 hr. Worked all the OT I could get.After four years in machine shop the most pay I got was $4.00 hr. I quit. Went to college with tuition grants from the state and graduated with honors while running a refinishing business.I have now been in aircraft interiors for 27 years and would't even pay a part time high school kid minimum wage to sand seat frames. That's part of it. Someone with initiative can always find better pay. But most kids in school today don't even care to learn to spell, read and write. So what the Hell do they expect.By the way, the last two years in aviation have not been good. I lived on $9000.00 in 2002 because I do not have an extravagant life style. No employees were laid off and the business is still open and things are improving. I actually have to pay cap gains tax for last year. I really don't want to hear this whiney crap.