"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Even a licensed A&P needs instruction. The FAA position is
that formal training and currency are required for an A&P.

It's unclear, once again, whether you are speaking of the regulatory sense
or the practical sense.

In the regulatory sense, you mean to write "only a licensed A&P needs
instruction". I'm not aware of any regulation that requires a certificated
pilot to undergo instruction prior to performing preventative maintenance.

Obviously, in the practical sense, one should obtain instruction for any but
the most trivial of tasks (I'd consider changing a light bulb pretty trivial
in most cases, but changing the oil and a filter not in most cases, for
example), whether one is a certificated mechanic or not.

But the regulations only require it for the certificated mechanic (oddly
enough).

Pete