Aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) are responsible for routine
maintenance on an aircraft, along with fixing any problems that arise.
AMEs are licensed to inspect and certify that work done
on aircraft complies with written safety standards. Aircraft maintenance engineers are responsible for keeping a log of all the repairs and work they do on an aircraft so that safety remains their biggest concern. Before a aircraft returns to the skies, an AME must ensure that all components work properly and safely. Therefore, they put the aircrafts through a number of standard tests, which consequently makes frequent fliers feel a lot safer about air travel.
on aircraft complies with written safety standards. Aircraft maintenance engineers are responsible for keeping a log of all the repairs and work they do on an aircraft so that safety remains their biggest concern. Before a aircraft returns to the skies, an AME must ensure that all components work properly and safely. Therefore, they put the aircrafts through a number of standard tests, which consequently makes frequent fliers feel a lot safer about air travel.
World-wide, the business of aircraft
maintenance is enormous, and is set to expand. The approximate number of
aeroplanes currently in service world-wide is around 500,000 passenger
and cargo aircraft and about four million smaller private aircraft used
for business or pleasure.
India is one of the fastest developing
countries in the world. Due to the liberalisation policies of the
government, there is tremendous growth in civil aviation. Many private
airlines and corporations viz., Air India, Indian Airlines, Jet Airways,
Air Sahara and Air Deccan are operating today with very good operating
revenues. To meet the growing need of the passenger airlines, cargo
aircrafts, private air taxi operators, business and corporate jets,
there exists an urgent need for aircraft maintenance engineers.
The aviation industry has two main branches: flying branch and maintenance branch. While pilots fly the aircraft, aircraft maintenance engineers are concerned with the maintenance of the aircraft. An aircraft maintenance engineer has to obtain a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
An aircraft maintenance engineer is responsible for the control, maintenance and repair of specialised aircraft instrumentation and related parts of the aircraft. They also learn to set engine controls and to test for their correct functioning. They play a major role among the maintenance personnel to keep the aircraft ‘airworthy’ at all times. The maintenance of modern sophisticated aircrafts calls for high degree of technical knowledge, competence, proficiency, dexterity and integrity on part of the concerned personnel. Aircraft engineers research, design, manufacture and maintain aircraft. They work on any and every mechanical aspect of the craft, including airframes, hydraulics and pneumatics, engines and fuel systems and control and communications systems.
Engineers are involved in the following stages of aircraft production and manufacture: the design of new products such as components or entire engines; the manufacture and assembly of aircraft parts; research into solutions for complex engineering problems; maintenance of the finished craft to ensure safety and operational status.
The aviation industry has two main branches: flying branch and maintenance branch. While pilots fly the aircraft, aircraft maintenance engineers are concerned with the maintenance of the aircraft. An aircraft maintenance engineer has to obtain a licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
An aircraft maintenance engineer is responsible for the control, maintenance and repair of specialised aircraft instrumentation and related parts of the aircraft. They also learn to set engine controls and to test for their correct functioning. They play a major role among the maintenance personnel to keep the aircraft ‘airworthy’ at all times. The maintenance of modern sophisticated aircrafts calls for high degree of technical knowledge, competence, proficiency, dexterity and integrity on part of the concerned personnel. Aircraft engineers research, design, manufacture and maintain aircraft. They work on any and every mechanical aspect of the craft, including airframes, hydraulics and pneumatics, engines and fuel systems and control and communications systems.
Engineers are involved in the following stages of aircraft production and manufacture: the design of new products such as components or entire engines; the manufacture and assembly of aircraft parts; research into solutions for complex engineering problems; maintenance of the finished craft to ensure safety and operational status.
A course in aircraft maintenance
engineering is not a degree but a licence course and only those
institutes approved by the DGCA can impart training in this subject. The
minimum eligibility criterion for getting admission into any one of the
institutes is 10+2 or equivalent with physics, chemistry and
mathematics.
Training is imparted for servicing and maintenance of aircraft to ensure 100 per cent flight safety. After completing the course and passing the internal exam, you have to clear the licensing exam conducted by the DGCA.
Remuneration in this field is very attractive. In Indian Airlines, Air India, Pawan Hans and other private airlines, engineers get a starting gross salary of about 25,000 to 40,000 pm which goes up to 1.20 lakh, whereas the total training cost is only around 1.25 lakh.
The major types of specialised courses in AME are: light airframe, heavy airframe, jet engine, radio navigation, electrical system, instrument system, piston engine and heavy aeroplane.
On completion of training you will get a Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Certificate (BAMEC) from the DGCA which will make you eligible for a job in the aviation industry.
Some of the important AME training institutes are:Training is imparted for servicing and maintenance of aircraft to ensure 100 per cent flight safety. After completing the course and passing the internal exam, you have to clear the licensing exam conducted by the DGCA.
Remuneration in this field is very attractive. In Indian Airlines, Air India, Pawan Hans and other private airlines, engineers get a starting gross salary of about 25,000 to 40,000 pm which goes up to 1.20 lakh, whereas the total training cost is only around 1.25 lakh.
The major types of specialised courses in AME are: light airframe, heavy airframe, jet engine, radio navigation, electrical system, instrument system, piston engine and heavy aeroplane.
On completion of training you will get a Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Certificate (BAMEC) from the DGCA which will make you eligible for a job in the aviation industry.
• School of Aviation Science & Technology, Indian Institute of Aeronautics, School of Aeronautics and Indian Institute of Aeronautical science at New Delhi
• VSM Aerospace and Hindustan Aviation Academy at Bangalore
• Flytech Aviation Academy, Institute of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy and Hyderabad College of Aviation Tech at Hyderabad
• Aeronautical Training Institute, Lucknow
• Nehru College of Aeronautics & Applied Sciences, Coimbatore
• Aircraft Maintenance & Engineering Institute, Kolkata
• Air Force Technical College, Bangalore and Mechanical Training Institute, Madras.
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