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Aircraft repair jobs sold to foreign workers, resumes not important

Posted on July 02, 2009

Here's something to think about when the unemployment numbers come out Thursday Morning: Aircraft repair jobs sold to foreign workers, resumes not important.A News 8 investigation found that hundreds of aircraft mechanics have been brought into the United States to work at aircraft repair facilities.Insiders say the companies that are importing the mechanics are so eager to save money, they re overstating their qualifications. The result may be a threat to safety, abetted by lax enforcement of immigration law.At daybreak any morning at San Antonio Aerospace, hundreds of workers amble through...

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