[TheRealVille]

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.

You do realize that people from KY go through Huntington's apprenticeship? I work as a traveler when I work at Ashland, but it's not my main gig. I have worked out of Ashland exactly twice in 6 years. Do you think travelers working at Ashland, out of Huntington all buy their books? If you do, you really are the moron I thought you were. In Huntington, I'm local. I full well know how the apprenticeship program works, I don't need your advice. As for the "general foreman" comment you were alluding to, you would be wrong there also. Although the companies call the hall for a GF, I have known of them calling for looking piping supers for particular jobs.