Airframe specialist and mechanics careers, making flight safer.
Airframe mechanics are authorized to work on any part of the aircraft
except the instruments, power plants, and propellers. Power plant
mechanics are authorized to work on engines and do limited work on
propellers. Combination airframe-and-power plant mechanics—called A&P
mechanics—work on all parts of the plane except the instruments. Most
mechanics working on civilian aircraft today are A&P mechanics.
