Complete Your A&P Training in 10 Months at Thrust Institute
Most FAA Part 147 aviation maintenance technician programs take 21 to 24 months to complete. Thrust Institute of Maintenance finishes the same FAA-approved A&P curriculum in 10 months.
How the 10-Month A&P Program Works
The program runs Monday through Friday, 8 hours per day. Day classes are 8 AM to 4 PM. Night classes are 4 PM to 12 AM.
Students cover the full FAA-required 1,900 hours of training across both airframe and powerplant subjects. Nothing is cut from the curriculum to make it shorter.
The compressed timeline comes from running full-time hours year-round with no semester breaks.
What This Accelerated Timeline Means for You
A student starting at Thrust Institute in January can be testing for their A&P certificates by November of the same year. A student starting at a traditional 24-month program in January won’t test until two years later, after they’ve completed the long program.
That time difference has a real cost. The average A&P mechanic earns $70,000 per year. Every extra month spent in school instead of working is roughly $5,800 in lost income. Finishing 12 to 14 months earlier means you could earn $70,000 to $80,000 more over that period compared to a student still in a longer program. If you’re working at an airline that also means you’ll be building your seniority ahead of your peers who will still be in school.
Same FAA Certification, Less Time
The A&P certificates you earn after completing Thrust Institute’s program are identical to those earned at any other FAA Part 147 school. The FAA does not distinguish between a 10-month program and a 24-month program on your certificate. Employers don’t either.
New classes start every month at Thrust Institute’s Addison, Fort Worth, and Conroe, Texas locations.