High School Aviation Maintenance Programs: FAA Should Assess Expanding Access to the Mechanic Knowledge Test
What GAO Found The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues certificates to aircraft mechanics and to the more than 200 aviation maintenance schools that train them. Eleven of these certificated schools are high schools, and 43 are colleges, universities, or career and technical centers that serve high school students. In addition, at least 43 high schools offer programs in aviation maintenance but are not certificated by FAA. The school representatives that GAO interviewed had little data on career outcomes but cited a range of pathways that graduates have pursued, including further training and enrolling in 4-year colleges. FAA-Certificated Schools That Train High School Students in A.
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What GAO Found The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues certificates to aircraft mechanics and to the more than 200 aviation maintenance schools that train them.
Eleven of these certificated schools are high schools, and 43 are colleges, universities, or career and technical centers that serve high school students.
In addition, at least 43 high schools offer programs in aviation maintenance but are not certificated by FAA.
The school representatives that GAO interviewed had little data on career outcomes but cited a range of pathways that graduates have pursued, including further training and enrolling in 4-year colleges.
FAA-Certificated Schools That Train High School Students in A…
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