CENTENNIAL, Co. – Schools across the U.S. are starting new training programs to meet the demands of major airlines that are looking for qualified aircraft mechanics. Aviation mechanic technicians are ...

Thrust Flight, an aviation training company, has launched a new Aircraft & Powerplant (A&P) mechanic school in Conroe, Texas, as well as a new FAA-approved aircraft dispatcher program at its Addison ...

Nathan Cowan, instructor and coordinator for the new North Dakota State College of Science Aviation Maintenance Technology program, stands in front of a Cessna 340 to be used for hands-on instruction ...

The aviation industry increasingly offers lucrative career opportunities that do not require a traditional four-year college degree. Roles such as pilots, flight attendants, A&P mechanics, aircraft ...

Sinclair Community College, the Dayton International Airport, the city of Dayton and PSA Airlines announced plans Wednesday to spend more than $1 million to build a new aircraft mechanic training ...

In the aviation world, safety is key and training is a priority. Both combined Saturday at the Rowland Freedom Center in Vacaville where, surrounded by decades of flight history, aviation mechanics ...

LAKELAND - The dire shortage of air mechanics has led Piper Aircraft to offer incentives for people willing to study for the career. When students of airplane mechanics start classes in October at the ...

David Jones (center) receives the FAA’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic and Wright Brothers Master Pilot awards during the ATEC annual conference in March. Credit: Avotek David Jones was recently ...

EVERETT — David Christian and John Kraft are cheerfully training their replacements. The two men are long-time employees of Aviation Technical Services, one of the largest airplane repair and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Denny Pollard, a retired Federal Aviation Administration staffer ...