Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Notice Addresses Changes in Maintenance Certification Tests
A&P mechanic testing moves to an ACS process
Sample of FAA mechanic testing application

Newly issued FAA Notice 8900.66 outlines the requirements of agency personnel responsible for monitoring, conducting, and overseeing revised certification testing procedures for aviation maintenance technicians.

Recently the FAA issued its final rulemaking overhauling aviation maintenance technician school and testing regulations under FAR Parts 65 and 147. As a component of this overhaul, the agency is replacing the practical test standards (PTS) with airman certification standards (ACS), as the basis for obtaining maintenance certification.