Strive for A&P License or Not?

[RLCarter]

4 minutes ago, EricJ said:

I passed the general/airframe oral/practical a couple weeks ago and will be taking the written in a few weeks, which I'm not nearly as worried about.   Powerplant exams will be next spring for me.

How did you take the Practical without having the Written done?

[EricJ]

4 minutes ago, RLCarter said:

How did you take the Practical without having the Written done?

FAR 65.80. 

[kortopates]

3 hours ago, bradp said:

Paul that’s what I’m considering but the closest class is an hour commute to and fro.  Hoping that once the toddler gets done with toddler age I’ll have some more evenings to be able to do it. 

For those of use with advanced degrees it seems like maybe 6 plus months of the curriculum is prerequisites.  Could probably cut down on the length significantly with credit.  

Not really, I was only able to a skip 1 DC electric class petitioning I had met the requirements with the 3 semester Physics. Follow on electrical classes for airframe and powerplant where to aircraft and FAA specific to get out of. 

[kortopates]

33 minutes ago, EricJ said:

FAR 65.80. 

Even at my Part 147 school, I still had to take my school completion certificate to the FSDO to get approval to take the written and then orals.

[EricJ]

31 minutes ago, kortopates said:

Not really, I was only able to a skip 1 DC electric class petitioning I had met the requirements with the 3 semester Physics. Follow on electrical classes for airframe and powerplant where to aircraft and FAA specific to get out of. 

I'm an EE with an advanced degree, and even had my OJT logbook with years of practical from my lineboy days, and I got zero credit for anything.   As mentioned above, much of it is just FAA/aviation specific and one may probably be better off not petitioning or testing out of anything, anyway.

16 minutes ago, kortopates said:

Even at my Part 147 school, I still had to take my school completion certificate to the FSDO to get approval to take the written and then orals.

Apparently very few schools actually do this, but ours does.   They say they have a >90% success rate with early testers, but they screen fairly carefully who is eligible (based on cumulative GPA through the course).

 

[alextstone]

Thanks, everyone, for the great input.  I suppose the biggest hurdle here is finding the time to devote to the effort.  

[Yetti]

6 minutes ago, alextstone said:

Thanks, everyone, for the great input.  I suppose the biggest hurdle here is finding the time to devote to the effort.  

I thought I read where the FAA was considering "experience sign off" because there are just not enough A&P to go around.   I thought about getting an Airframe.   It's a time thing.  I am feeling better about the Powerplant since I was able to figure out a 3 cylinder 90HP Mercury outboard.

Edited July 30, 2019 by Yetti

[ArtVandelay]

I thought I read where the FAA was considering "experience sign off" because there are just not enough A&P to go around. 

It would be nice if they just allowed for more owner maintenance.


Tom

[RLCarter]

31 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

It would be nice if they just allowed for more owner maintenance.

It would make things easier, they know there are a lot of pilots that work on their planes now. I do 99% of my own maintenance but it’s a 3  phase deal, tell my A&P what I’m going to do, have look at it once opened up, inspect and sign off when it’s buttoned back up, and there are times when I have him look things over in between. I would settle for a “Restricted” A&P ticket that has some sort of ratings, single Engine Piston, Light Twins, Turbo Prop...

[MB65E]

Get your A&P!! 

-Matt

[carusoam]

+1 Strive for it Alex!

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