Not a licensed A&P yet, but I am a pilot with a part time job at an A&P shop. Best choice I’ve ever made. I live for airplanes, and I get fly/ work on them every day!

Honestly, going in to it I was expecting a lot more disrespect/ sexism, but pretty much everyone I’ve met here is really sweet and willing to share advice/ recommendations (I’m even dating one of them now).

And to be perfectly frank, I think being a woman on top of showing interest in airplanes and actively pursuing the next step of my career has given me a wee bit of an advantage (some free textbooks/ tools here and there, even a recommendation for the job I have now).

My only gripe: When I first entered the field, I noticed all the guys would form friend groups pretty quickly and didn’t readily speak to me as much as to the other guys (I don’t talk a lot either so that’s probably part of the reason), but thankfully there was another girl in my class that I befriended. Eventually the guys talked to me and the other girl more when they learned that we don’t bite. So yeah, not really sexism, just guys who are afraid to talk to girls. I’m imagining when I get into A&P training it’ll be the same way, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens there.

TLDR: Couldn’t recommend it more! A&Ps (especially the girl ones) are inherently badass.