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 ...

Students listen during an Amazon evening Airframe & Powerplant maintenance training class this week. A career fixing Amazon’s cargo planes just got a lot less expensive to obtain. To address an ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- There is a dire shortage of aviation mechanics. According to numbers from Boeing, the global industry needs to recruit more than 600,000 maintenance technicians by 2041. The ...

Aims Community College student Kira Davis-Weber prefers working with her hands over sitting in a classroom. She’d rather look inside of a machine with dirt under her fingernails than type at a ...

PHOENIX – The Aviation Institute of Maintenance recently opened a new campus in a former call center near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The aircraft mechanic school is located at the ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new aviation mechanic’s school is coming to Blount County, in hopes of keeping young people in the area and meeting the demand for the role from local companies. Blount ...

Jet MX's unique apprentice program was developed by Chief Inspector Martin Cook, providing a unique opportunity for the next generation of aspiring aviation maintenance technicians to enter an ...

Credit: Jesse Hauch The testing process to become an FAA-certificated airframe and powerplant technician in the U.S. can often be an expensive, time-consuming and confusing experience. Depending on ...

Summer airline travels got off to a rocky start this year, with a meltdown in the Northeast U.S. just before the Fourth of July. United Airlines blamed the disruptions on the Federal Aviation ...

A U.S. government delay on funding a grant program risks worsening a shortage of aircraft mechanics at a time when the ...

A four-year college degree is becoming less essential for numerous lucrative and stable careers in the aviation industry. Key aviation roles such as pilots, flight attendants, A&P mechanics, aircraft ...