"150flivver" wrote in message
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On May 10, 12:50 pm, "John Kunkel" wrote:
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One of my kids is enlisting in the military. She is requesting
training
as an
aviation mechanic.

Does anybody know if the schooling and experience in the military would
have
any value when attempting to get an A&P certificate from the FAA?

Yes, that's how I got my A&P ticket, but the experience must be recent or
concurrent.

You don't just get the A&P ticket by virtue of being a military
mechanic regardless of your experience--you still have to take all the
examinations. Isn't this how you got your A&P?

Yep, I visited a FSDO and asked exactly what paper I needed (an official job
description and a glowing letter from my supervisor typed on an Air Force
letterhead) to qualify to take the writtens, with that in hand I got the
forms to take the writtens. After passing the writtens I found a designated
examiner (great guy, his hangar was a throwback to the thirties) and took
the oral/practical.

Even with minimal "puddle-jumper" experience, well-rounded supersonic jet
experience is enough to qualify for the writtens and oral/practical; passing
them requires a lot of studying of the test material.