...were 329,000 airplane mechanics nationwide and less than 7,000, about 2 percent, were women. Ask Jim Duncan, lead mechanic and Breese's supervisor at Bald Mountain Air Service, what he thinks of having Breese on his crew and Duncan is...

...he said, with a laugh.In 1987, he was hired as a mechanic for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and worked up to lead mechanic. He was in charge of the whole auto shop and took care of all the borough vehicles, in addition to the school district's...

...31, 2000. Meanwhile, Alaska Airlines agreed to pay a reported $500,000 to settle a libel lawsuit filed by a lead mechanic who triggered the investigation when he told Federal Aviation Administrator officials in October 1998 that maintenance...