Mark wrote:
"Bret Ludwig" wrote:

Getting the license by experience is the only way that makes any
sense to me-A&P schools are largely a total ripoff.

I have heard that about some of the private schools, like the one you
cited. $30k for A&P training? Absurd. That sounds like a scam
targeted at government-financed "retraining" programs for displaced
workers.

Community colleges can be a very good deal getting you an A.S. degree
and your A&P ticket for a reasonable outlay and for the
just-starting-out set are a reasonable deal. If the instruction is good
the skills are yours whether or not you go in aviation. Some will get
you the FCC GROL as well, but that's pretty easy anyway.

But in every city such schools abound. The one out here is
euphemistically called "Aviation Institute of Maintenance". I have
three or four acquaintences that have taught or interviewed to teach
out there. I got the guided tour as a prospective student and thought
I'd die laughing at the place. The recruiter weighed at least 600 lbs.
and the head of training is a moonlighting clergyman.