[TheRealThing]

As you well know, Ashland and Huntington have "local" fitters from both states in each local. Huntington takes KY people, and vice versa for Ashland.


You must have limited experience then. I know several times that companies have called pipefitter halls to hire a super.

Yeah, I do well know. And I am not aware of any fitter apprentices from Huntington coming through an apprenticeship program in Ashland. Travelers 'buy' their books and are not likely products of an apprenticeship program. Craftsmen that go through an apprenticeship program come through a local which, is the traditional manner in which superior training and high a skill level is achieved and boasted of by the unions. A general foreman is not a superintendent. The two serve a completely different function. General Foremen are beholden to their union leadership to adequately represent the interests of the membership under their charge. Ideally this is a two way street. A hard day's work for fair pay. Superintendents work exclusively for one contractor and they are a prized commodity. Everybody associated with every craft on the whole project is under their authority. Though many times they still hold a book, they don't necessarily have to. They answer to and owe their allegiance to their company and their origins are normally that of lowly Carpenters.

You can kiss butt from here to Chicago, Texas or where ever. You're never going to preside over the spending of millions of some contractors dollars unless you're a proven top gun and even then, you still have to earn their trust first.