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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? Thanks |
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"who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... | 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? | | Thanks | Here is an article from 2004: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/gentrng/a/faalicense.htm and here is a FAA page: http://www.faa.gov/mechanics/become/ It looks like she can obtain the A&P certificate when in the military if she gets in the right program. -- Jarhead ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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| 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? Certain enlisted MOS's (jobs) in the military dealing with aircraft maintenance qualify the military member to take the written, oral and practical tests for an A&P license. Unfortunately, the military training for those qualifying MOS's don't necessarily prepare the applicant to pass any of those tests (lots of USAF crewchiefs never laid a wrench on a reciprocating engine or repaired a fabric covered flight control) so there are some schools that specialize in cramming that extra knowledge into the cranium of military mechanics just so they can pass the tests. I retired from the military as an aviator but decided to get an A&P so I could work on my own plane. While I have to sit through 18 months of training before I take the FAA tests, the qualifying military mechanic can take the tests anytime he or she feels they know the material and can demonstrate to the DME a practical application of that knowledge. |
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"who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... 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. |
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On May 10, 12:50 pm, "John Kunkel" wrote:
"who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... One of my kids is enlisting in the military. She is requesting training as an aviation mechanic. Does anybody know if the schooling and experience in the military would have any value when attempting to get an A&P certificate from the FAA? Yes, that's how I got my A&P ticket, but the experience must be recent or concurrent. You don't just get the A&P ticket by virtue of being a military mechanic regardless of your experience--you still have to take all the examinations. Isn't this how you got your A&P? |
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150flivver wrote:
On May 10, 12:50 pm, "John Kunkel" wrote: "who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... 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? In the 1970s crew chiefs at Langley AFB were offered the training required to complete their A&P. I don't recall what the details of the program were. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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"Dan" wrote in message ... 150flivver wrote: On May 10, 12:50 pm, "John Kunkel" wrote: "who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... One of my kids is enlisting in the military. She is requesting training as an aviation mechanic. Does anybody know if the schooling and experience in the military would have any value when attempting to get an A&P certificate from the FAA? Yes, that's how I got my A&P ticket, but the experience must be recent or concurrent. You don't just get the A&P ticket by virtue of being a military mechanic regardless of your experience--you still have to take all the examinations. Isn't this how you got your A&P? In the 1970s crew chiefs at Langley AFB were offered the training required to complete their A&P. I don't recall what the details of the program were. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired The hardest part is to explain that unlike military aviation, money is an object and that worn looking part will last till the next annual...... Ric "ex military type" |
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"150flivver" wrote in message oups.com... On May 10, 12:50 pm, "John Kunkel" wrote: "who cares?" wrote in message news:Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02... 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. |
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Another option might be to take the A&P course BEFORE entering the military. =-=-=-=-= Prev. =-=-=-=-= In article Y3A0i.18960$LJ3.11815@trnddc02, who cares? wrote: 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? Thanks |
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On May 15, 11:17 am, scud wrote:
Another option might be to take the A&P course BEFORE entering the military. What the heck sense would that make? |
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