The Aeronautical Engineer in Flight: Turbulence and The Capacity For Agency Across Borders
The Aeronautical Engineer in Flight: Turbulence and The Capacity For Agency Across Borders

Author(s): Alfredo Hualde
Subject(s): Migration Studies, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Aeronautical Engineer in Flight; turbulence; Capacity For Agency Across Borders; Mexican; United States; American; childhood;
Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the story of an engineer’s career and life in the aeronautical industry. Our engineer is 55 years old and has three children, all of them grown and successful. He is currently planning his retirement. As a Mexican born on the border with the United States, he’s been familiar with the American way of life since early childhood. Little by little, as his career unfolded, he had to adapt to it completely, experiencing the work customs and the instability of the aeronautical industry first-hand, and repeatedly going through the turmoil of changing jobs. On several occasions, he was forced to start all over again from the ground up.

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