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    Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education
    Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education
    Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education
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    Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education

    By J. Roger Foster

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    This article is primarily for the following: college engineering students, interns, coops, entry-level engineers, high school graduates bound for college, and A&Ps who may be interested in working at an airline as an engineer. It is a discussion of the educational requirements it really takes to work as an airline engineer and the educational qualifications you have to get whether they’re relevant or not. It has a list of airline engineer job requirements and an explanation of those requirements.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. Roger Foster
    Release dateJun 17, 2014
    ISBN9781311421746
    Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education
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    J. Roger Foster

    J. Roger Foster has ten years experience as an avionics technician in general, business and commercial aviation. He has worked as a contractor in the avionics and systems engineering department for an airline. His current employer is AFTA (Avionics Field Teams Associates) which provides staff engineering support for owner/operators.

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      Airline Engineer - J. Roger Foster

      Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education

      by

      J. Roger Foster

      Table of Contents

      Preface • Introduction

      A Relevant Education • What to Expect When You Start Working

      A Primer for Co-ops, Interns, and Entry Level Airline Engineers • Getting through school

      Conclusion

      Acknowledgements

      Cited References • More References

      About the Author

      Copyright 2014 by Jonathan Foster

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Airline Engineer: A Relevant Education

      by

      J. Roger Foster

      Preface

      Learning anything involves a learning curve. If you’re interested in working for an airline as an engineer, the whole point of this article is to move you up the curve before you even show up for your first day of work and preferably before you even step foot on a college campus. You might read this article and decide to heck with this option. That isn’t necessarily a bad outcome. Spending a lot of time and money to become a disgruntled aviation employee isn’t in your or anybody else’s interest.

      As of the date this article was written, the FAA listed somewhere in the neighborhood of forty Part 121 airlines in the U.S. Roughly speaking, Part 121 operations provide scheduled service to the public and Part 135 operations provide charter service. The airlines are in a constant state of flux. Some of the airlines in the FAA list may not be viable going concerns, others are in various stages of consolidation, and the financial health of the airlines varies from good to bankrupt. The point is that it would be crazy to limit your career options to the airlines. You can and should expand your options by considering aerospace companies, airplane manufacturers, engine manufacturers, vendors and suppliers, maintenance repair & overhaul providers, STC holders and the like (Footnote 1).

      Since supply and demand ultimately determine job availability and income, there is some information that would be useful for you to know. An article in the August 26, 2013 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology states that nearly 10% of the aerospace and defense workforce is currently eligible

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