I encourage everyone to make an effort to apprentice in any powerplant they can. We make more $$ than the engineers. A guy working zero overtime in this craft will be $115-125k depending on location. We don't work odd hours very often and get treated pretty well.

Originally Posted by BrentD

I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.