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I would like too lol. It is the opinion of my Airworthiness Inspector that it must be the latest revision. As much as I would love to argue it with the fed sometimes it's best to just do what they ask

Well, I'll say this the earnings potential for an A&P fresh out of school is incredibly high. I have students graduating and making 35+ and hour for an airline in less then a year.

@@brycebuildsit I just graduated and making just short of 35 at a regional because I don't want to move yet. Once I try to move that will go up 10 bucks easy at a major starting.

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It's the BEST, and you deserve the BEST!! You put on dark side at every party because it's the BEST!

That's not a complaint at all sir, that's just good feedback. I'll have to look into to it because it always sounds ok on my side

The manuals will eat your profits very fast. I always suggest ATP HUB but depending on how many manuals you need it can eat all of your profits. I have been very lucky in the most of my clients keep a current manual for their aircraft, some of the others are available from the manufacturer for free, but to your point, yes. Also liability insurance is not required in texas and I was quoted 15k for a 1,000,000 dollar policy.

@@brycebuildsit Yea sad but true. Plus parts are so expensive now. If you crack an old sun baked interior panel or drop a part and the owner wants you to pay for it, you might as well just done Uber eats for the year lol

I think it might be best to get your A&P first, obviously. Then join the Marines. I don't know if you plan on doing 2, 5, or 10 years but make sure you go into aircraft maintenance. Then when you go to a major airline you have that service on your resume. Just my 2 cents but I'll say this you have a much better plan then most guys your age. Go after with intensity and you'll be sitting pretty by age 26

Cool man, thanks for hanging out with me.

Don't get me wrong, I love being self employed, but it's not all roses.

I am thinking about doing a video on just the challenges of it. One, I'm sure you are familiar with, is sitting there with nothing to do for several weeks. Then the moment I have something planned with the family everyone needs something and they need it done yesterday

Can't allow any drama just kills the vibe.

This is painfully true, new idea be a CFI and an IA. That would be the gravy train on biscuit wheels

You also make more being a surgeon though.

In texas, you do not have to carry insurance (not saying that's a great idea, but many guys i know don't have a policy) As far as taxes go with deductions and expenses I'm not paying a crazy amount. You are right. Tools are expensive but total, including my jacks I've only spent about 2.5k but that's a one time cost (that obviously doesn't include everything like wrenches just the stuff necessary for an annual) The calibration every year runs me about $600. AD research is free on the faa website, just a pain to use. The most expensive thing is a subscription for manuals. I've been very lucky in that all of my clients keep current manuals for their planes and even more lucky the ones that don't are available from the manufacturer.

Since when do IAs have to have liability insurance? You sir are clearly still learning.

My last comment was intended for the original comment. Not towards Bryce.

That wouldn't be any fun, though... truthfully, my packer had aeroshell 5 in it that I'm going to use on a different plane and I just didn't feel like going to get gloves to pack a few bearings by hand

@@brycebuildsit continue exposure over your life can cause problems so be safe.

099bmac your family voted for Obama and Biden and are still glad they did so. Why r u even on this channel. You clearly don’t have the balls to be a mechanic if you’re afraid of a little grease.

The DME should write them on the 8610 then it's the same as the writtens look them up in the ACS standard

Depends on the route you go. Some 147 schools cost as much as 45k. Others that are community colleges 15k. You can also take a job at a GA FBO and go the 30-month practical experience route. As far as the IA, I went to a crash course after I met my 3 year requirement that cost 1,400 for everything. Not saying that this is a great side business for anyone, but if you are already an A&P and work at like an engine shop or something, you could branch into it for a little extra cash.

Glad you liked it!

Depends allot on your situation. A 147 program is the fastest but will require your devotion to it full time, which makes keeping a job very difficult. The other way is to try and get a job without the A&P and then after 30 months apply to take the test and self study for it or go to a prep course/ crash course.

With how bad GA is needing mechanics, there will definitely be work out there.

Most the time they do, it just so happens this year I took on a new client who uses his aircraft for flight training and they all end up being due in June July and August

Thank you

Yes, everything is above board. I'll be honest when I first started out helping my buddy, and he'd pay me a few hundred here and there. I didn't worry too much about it. However once I took on my own clients I knew I had to be legitimate

I actually talked a bit about it in my last video but the short of it is. When I worked at the FBO the IA I worked with was offered a much better job in the training department of a 135 so he left. Him and I still stay in touch and I have helped him on several of his projects. I digress after he left I realized I needed to get my IA to take over his position as Shop Lead/ DOM. I tried to self study for the test but it was daunting so I ended up going to Bakers School Of Aeronautics in Tennessee. I will probably make a whole video on it tbh because the whole story was full of treachery I actually ended up getting in my first and only car accident the day I went to the FSDO.

Now that I am older and wiser, I suggest buying a cheap Porta cool to combat the heat. I wish the best for you. GA is really starting to hurt for mechanics we need as many as we can get

You can but it may be difficult. I would try and find an apprentice program for that kind of work. With an A&P Avionics techs make good money I wont say a specific amount because I don't know for sure but its more then an A&P which average around 27ish an hour.

I might not have done a good job filming it, but I wired them IAW the JPI diagram that used the ground in the JPI harness and power from a 5 Amp circuit breaker. Very easy installation and very thorough installation instructions 10 out of 10 for yall's product.

Major airlines are still starting at around 30 an hour, and places like standard aero are around the 25 mark.

Thank you

The classes do not expire, It will be up to the director of the program as to if they will give you credit for the classes you have already taken. You may run into an issue in that the schools no longer teach the PTS and have transitioned to the ACS (per the FAA) I know where I am we have granted credit for classes taught by another 147 and issued a certificate of completion.

@@brycebuildsit OK tks Bryce Am leaning to a school I went to before but not the one where I took some classes. A student I had in the same class in 2000 is now a teacher there ! Some schools are very welcoming (approved in 2 days) and other act like they really don't give a damn, run by idiots ! Those are the ones to AVOID !

@@brycebuildsit Might require some serious studying for the old classes 15 years ago to pass O&P's Entertaining skipping PP and going right to work if they will hire me. The income loss of 8 months school is huge.

Go over the practical projects listed in the ACS and make sure you are comfortable with each task. If you are not or would like a refresher talk to your instructors and see if they will let you practice. The practical projects are pretty easy and it is required that you read the instructions first. (wich the DME must provide)

Not to be that guy. Make sure you check out my other video on owner assisted annuals im am very much for it and lay out all the reasons i think its a good idea

I’m proud of you brother

For me, working on general aviation is fun. But the company I worked for, for 6 years, at least the last year and a half that I worked there, very quickly became a place I did not want to work. It was all about, rush, rush, rush, and making the money over all else. If you find the right spot in general aviation, I’m sure it will be good. I got out and now I am in corporate. Making more for way less stress and not having to deal with my old employers BS.

I love the airplanes and the community. The reason I sometimes feel I should have gone to an airline is because I want to see the world, and that would have opened that door. GA is all about who you work for you will meet some incredible people. There are also a handful of bad apples.

IT is tough to figure out the best place and what to work on. I'd say OPEN up the dream part of your brain and think of the MOST interesting JOB that makes your heart race ! That impossible job ! Personally I love Cessna Caravans and the new 408 Would love to work on them and maybe fly them too MY wildest dream is to get some experience then go to Botswana Africa, where they use these planes to take tourists out to the game reserves. Check out BUSH PILOTS BOTSWANA ! There are camps there where foreign pilots live / waiting to see if they can land a pilot job. How interesting would it be if you had to check for elephants, lions, crocadiles, cows, hippos - before landing ! Little known fact, you can fly commercially overseas with 250 hours.

I teach everything but here lately have been doing a lot of PowerPlant. We have hired a few new guys, and since generals are easier, that is what we have had them focused on.

@@brycebuildsit Very interesting Would you say the ''state' colleges and tech schools pay the lowest ? Friend of mine who I went to A&P school with me 25 years now teaches there but refuses to tell me how much he makes, he's in one of those $5,500 full course schools. I'm sure places like Embry Riddle pay great but want all kinds a certs and experience. Doubt schools like AIM, NATIONAL AVIATION pay much, they are just cert mills and don't teach shit but rip you off for $40,000 I think PP would be the best for me because I've built many automotive engines from a Chevy small block to an Alfa Romeo 4 cylinder - AN ENGINE IS AN ENGINE, no matter what it's used in. NOW, I know ZIP about turbines, NADA Could get interested in something like a PT6 though I am a Canadian too, I could work up there, I think the CAD is so low vs the us dollar the pay up there would be very low