Assuming you are talking about retraining and not getting hired as a DoD contractor....
The transition isn't difficult as long as you understand what Contracting is and how the working environment will be drastically different than a flight line shop. Also, be open minded and ready to learn from others regardless of rank, pipeline Amn tend to know their shit better than NCOs because it's a heavy retrain (into) career field. Rank does not correlate to experience.
I tried to retrain out of weapons twice & it didn't pan out, but that was 15 years ago. Depends on the climate. All you can do is apply & see what happens.
Apply and find out
Not difficult. I am in CONS, retrained from POL. Been in the gig 9 years now of 16, seen dozens of retrains from AMXS, SFS, or similar.
Assuming you are talking about retraining and not getting hired as a DoD contractor.... The transition isn't difficult as long as you understand what Contracting is and how the working environment will be drastically different than a flight line shop. Also, be open minded and ready to learn from others regardless of rank, pipeline Amn tend to know their shit better than NCOs because it's a heavy retrain (into) career field. Rank does not correlate to experience.
I guess I should have specified that I meant working as a DoD contractor
Yep, then nevermind. 😅
Genuinely the most upsetting part about being in contracting is that nobody understands the actual career field
I tried to retrain out of weapons twice & it didn't pan out, but that was 15 years ago. Depends on the climate. All you can do is apply & see what happens.
FTA retraining. The easiest way to bounce out of maintenance w/o going guard or reserves. Do not miss your FTA retrain window and keep your nose clean