It looks like industry has successfully lobbied congress to remove current FAA training and experience requirements for A&Ps. Schools will be free to teach whatever they want without minimum time requirements. The experience requirement will be extended to all military personnel. Recruitment funding has been allocated for "economically disadvantaged areas". What little value an A&P has will be greatly diluted. Much of the work is already being performed by non certificated help so there is no safety argument to be made. Industry insiders have always been able to get the cert with nothing more than a letter of recommendation. That option will be largely extended to everyone else.
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