AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE APPRENTICE Review

To fix and maintain a wide fleet of aircraft within British Airways. I complete a wide variety of tasks both in the cabin and outside on the plane. These can be electrical or mechanical in nature and range from changing the wheel or engine, to fixing an armrest or seatcover.

I learnt many new skills relevant to the industry such as wirelocking and tool skills as well as learnt the importance of organisation, time management and perseverance.

I really enjoy the programme as I love aviation. This apprenticeship provides many great opportunities to improve both your knowledge and skills in the industry whilst working on some of the most impressive aircraft to date. The engineers you work with are extremely knowledgeable, patient and helpful too.

There is a clear structure to the programme, however, during the introduction a lot of the information was repeated and ended up becoming quite repetitive. Although all the information was important and relevant to the apprenticeship, it felt very slow progressing through the admin and training.

British Airways have been extremely supportive straight from the start. They have given us all the tools and contacts necessary to get started with them and provided us many different contacts and links should we have any trouble.

The opportunities in the first year are limited as you have to focus on your studies. However we do have an enrichment day and there are lots more opportunities once you have completed the first year.

Yes

High quality training and good services lines you up well. Broths airways are very supportive throughout and I feel very confident in my training. The course prepares you well for a future career as an aircraft mechanic

Be prepared to put in the hard work and study. The course is very intense and hard so you need to make sure that you are committed and that this is something for you. Be sure to put in the effort and british airways will will be sure to support you throughout.