best aviation maintainence school???

[Maiko]

Not me! Used to be a deckhand on inland river towboats, gravedigger, RV factory assembly line worker, brain surgeon, rocket scientist, etc etc.....A&P best of em all! lol!!!

CHEERS to you!! And a great sense of humour as well.
Mike

 

[mecfii]

Honestly if you love aviation I would do one thing first and that is get a college degree. If you have the aptitude get one in aeronautical engineer or electrical engineering. If you can't handle the math and science then just get a degree. Once you have the degree then pursue a career in aviation. You can always get a job while you are going to school at a local airport, where you can hang out with the old mechanics and pilots. And by hanging out with these guys you will get a feel for the jobs and see if it is what you want. The bottom line is…life is so much easier with a degree.

 

[USN-AMSC-RET]

Join the Navy or the Air Force! You can't beat The training, or the benefits and no student loans to repay when you are done.

 

[MonkeyWrench]

i still say avionics is the way to go, or maybe NDI. Some companys have NDI guys that travel around and do inspections, seems like a fun job and i know they make good money.

Have a friend working for gulfstream in WI making great money doing avionics installs.

No matter how much you love a job its still a job, you should conisder money to be important, if you don't beleve me go hang out at your local FBO

 

[fasteddy69]

There is a school in Helena, MT that has small class size and great instructors. Check it out.

 

[Powda5]

I went to Cochise College in Douglas, AZ. It was about 4K for 18 months. Yeah, no kidding....but you have to be a resident of AZ to get this deal....and it was in '96-97, so it's likely more...

I am a pilot that got my A&P, and did not want to spend a lot of money since flying is my main $$-maker (well, relatively, anyway...none of us are really making $$, and honestly I got paid more clocking in as a mechanic than the dang 70 something hours pay you get as a pilot).

I find it extremely beneficial to fly and be a mechanic (I had no clue and no mechanical experience with anything at all when I went to school, and I can't imagine going through this career like that. Glad I did it!)

As a nice bonus, Snap On tools gave us a 60% discount on any tools bought during school, so that was the best part!