page_title: Aircraft maintenance technician
section_title: USA
hierarchical_section_title: Aircraft maintenance technician / USA
caption_attribution_description: Mechanics at work, Bombardier maintenance facility near Love Field, Dallas, TX.
context_page_description: Aircraft Maintenance Technician is a tradesperson and also refers to a licensed technical qualification for carrying out aircraft maintenance. AMTs inspect and perform or supervise maintenance, preventive maintenance, repairs and alteration of aircraft and aircraft systems.
  In the US, for a person who holds a mechanic certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, the rules for certification, and for certificate-holders, are detailed in Subpart D of Part 65 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, which are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The US licensed qualification is sometimes referred to by the FAA as the Aviation Maintenance Technician and is commonly referred to as the Airframe and Powerplant.
  In many countries the equivalent license to an AMT is the Aircraft Maintenance Engineer.
caption: Technicians work on a Bombardier airplane in Dallas, Texas.
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