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Old 26th Jul 2009, 18:51
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Genghis the Engineer
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Originally Posted by JamieMac
thanks, i have always been uncertain on what the difference was. If i wanted to actually fix the aircraft (e.g turn spanners, replace parts) which would i be? Aircraft mechanic?

How would i become one of these?
In the UK, that's what we call a licenced engineer, or a ground engineer.

Loads of threads here on that - just do a search, but in a nutshell, one of...

- College JAR-66 course
- Apprenticeship with an aircraft operator or maintenance company
- Join one of the services as an aircraft ground engineer.

All good valid routes, and there's loads of information here, just have a trawl and use the search function.

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