Aims Community College said Wednesday that it has secured FAA certification for its Aircraft Maintenance Technician program, set to begin in January 2026. The designation makes Aims an official Part 147 aviation maintenance school, authorizing it to deliver the training required for students to test for their Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) licenses. A certificate presentation ceremony with FAA officials took place December 12 at the school’s newly completed Aircraft Maintenance Training Center at Northern Colorado Regional Airport.
According to Michael Sasso, Aims’ Chief of Aircraft Maintenance, the program is structured to align directly with FAA requirements and prepare students for immediate entry into the aviation maintenance field.
“The FAA certification is the official stamp that we are a program that can produce certificated aviation maintenance technicians,” he said.
The AMT program is designed to support broader workforce demands, as industry projections estimate a growing need for more than 700,000 technicians worldwide over the next 30 years. Aims said it anticipates training 275 to 300 students at any given time once at capacity, graduating up to 150 technicians annually.
The school also said it finalized a hiring pathway agreement with Frontier Airlines, including $25,000 signing bonuses for qualified graduates with a three-year commitment to the airline. Frontier holds a position on the program’s advisory board and may contribute additional resources to support training efforts, the program said.
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