Q: Are there limitations on what schools can track with regard to a student’s age? The ATEC survey requests that the school provide average age of a...
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Fourteen trade associations submitted joint comments to the part 147 supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, delivering a powerful message of...
Read PostIn a June 12 submission, ATEC voiced its feedback to the latest FAA rulemaking regarding aviation maintenance technician schools. The comments, a...
Read PostQ: Our local inspector insists that our part 147 program tracks student missed time by the minute and that the time be "made up" by the students. Is...
Read PostLast summer, the aviation maintenance technician airman certification standards (AMT ACS) working group made recommendation to the FAA that the...
Read PostUS Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill to improve training...
Read PostSouthern Utah University (SUU) petitioned the FAA for an exemption from part 147 seat time and general curriculum requirements. The University...
Read PostFAA Releases Draft AMT ACS For Comment 4/17/2018 0 Comments As ATEC members well know, the FAA is in the process of replacing the Aviation Mechanic...
Read PostRecently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published new career projections in its Occupational Outlook Handbook. The biennial publication...
Read PostUpdate: The following post was published in September 2017. As of December 2017, the FAA has not yet issued the expected supplemental notice of...
Read PostA June 28, 2017 letter was formally presented at a recent Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) meeting, recommending that the FAA ensure...
Read PostACS Working Group Makes Formal Recommendation to Align Part 147 with New Mechanic Knowledge and Skill Standards 10/4/2017 2 Comments A June 28,...
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