1. Some comments on the shortage of avionics engineers and technicians can be found at the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Training and Higher Education, Aviation Education Division Aviation Careers: The Sky's the Limit, http://ntl.bts.gov/data/sky.pdf. Also Air Force Materiel Command, "Air Force, AFMC Tackle Science and Engineering Retention, 2003" can be a useful resource. Aviation Maintenance magazine, www.aviationtoday.com is another source.