There are currently fewer than 300 designated mechanic examiners in the U.S.
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Stakeholders in the U.S. MRO industry have been accelerating initiatives to recruit, train and hire new technicians to get ahead of a projected labor shortage. However, aviation maintenance schools say barriers to testing and certificating those technicians stand in the way. While the Aviation...
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