Originally Posted by
bozobigtop
If you attend a college for the A&P program many other industries are working to lure you away from aviation before you complete the program. Some other industries just pay better and have better benefits all around. Aviation is a$$ out in so many areas with nobody to blame but themselves.
This is true, It tells employers that you have the skillset that they are looking for. Another deal where you can be better of using a certificate for something other than its original intention. Anymore younger folks don't get much of this type experience, that employers need, unless they attend a specialized course such as A&P school. If the A&P schools called it something different such as "Learn valuable skills school" and had a pipeline to industries that want them, they might just have something... If nothing else, companies would have applicants that can read a tape measure. (Another seemingly rare skill...)